Health

THE PAS, Man. — A judge is urging the Manitoba government to look at establishing a safe sobering centre in a northern community to prevent in-custody deaths of people detained due to intoxication.

FREDERICTON — Surgical abortions administered outside hospitals in New Brunswick will now be fully funded by medicare, Premier Susan Holt announced Thursday, reversing a controversial rule from 1984 that limited the procedure's availability across th

QUÉBEC — The Quebec government says it wants every Quebecer to have access to a health professional by the summer of 2026 — just before the next provincial election.

TORONTO — Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews missed Thursday's practice and his status for the team's next two games is unclear.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's growing population was the subject of debate on Day 12 of the provincial election campaign, with Liberal Leader Zach Churchill arguing immigration levels must be reduced until the province can provide enough housing and health

TORONTO — When JP Enns told his 16-year-old daughter and 12-year-old son that Donald Trump had won the U.S. election, they cried.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A former health care worker who illegally accessed the health records of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg before she died was sentenced Thursday to two years in prison.

Federal health officials on Thursday called for more testing of employees on farms with bird flu after a new study showed that some dairy workers had signs of infection, even when they didn't report feeling sick.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A former health care worker who illegally accessed the health records of Supreme Court Ruth Bader Ginsburg before she died was sentenced Thursday to two years in prison.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly, a Democrat representing Virginia's most populous county in Congress, said Thursday that he is battling esophageal cancer.