Health

Canada's status as a country without endemic measles can now be revoked

TORONTO - Canada is poised to lose its international status as a measles-free country now that an outbreak that began in New Brunswick and spread to other provinces has hit the one-year mark. The coun...

The Canadian Press Oct 27, 2025

Food costs are spiralling. These Canadians are turning to food banks for help.

TORONTO - Sticker shock hit hard when single mom Kristina Kennedy saw the sausages she usually buys were $1.50 more than expected. As the sole caregiver to four children, the 40-year-old says price hi...

The Canadian Press Oct 27, 2025

'Shocking' data shows more treatment needed for youth with opioid use disorder: doctors

TORONTO - An editorial published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal on Monday says more youth are using opioids and calls for urgent action to provide treatment when they become addicted. "Th...

The Canadian Press Oct 26, 2025

U of T emergency fund offers 'lifeline' to researchers facing U.S. funding cuts

TORONTO - The University of Toronto has created an emergency fund to support its researchers who are facing unexpected losses in funding to due cuts and policy changes at U.S. federal research agencie...

The Canadian Press Oct 25, 2025

Vancouver authorities should have known festival attacker posed threat, lawsuit says

VANCOUVER - In the weeks before a deadly attack at a Vancouver Filipino festival, suspect Adam Kai-Ji Lo asked to have his antipsychotic medication reduced, even as his mental health was deteriorating...