Health

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri senators on Wednesday voted against amending the state's strict law against abortions to allow exceptions in cases of rape and incest. The state banned almost all abortions after the U.S.

VANCOUVER — B.C.'s government has ordered that flavoured nicotine pouches only be sold from behind pharmacy counters in the province in an effort to prevent youth from becoming addicted.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota has reached a settlement with Eli Lilly and Co.

OTTAWA — If the government doesn't make good on pharmacare legislation by March, that would kill the Liberal-NDP political pact, New Democrat Leader Jagmeet Singh said Wednesday.

OTTAWA — The Liberal government plans to ensure sexually explicit "deepfakes" like the images of Taylor Swift that generated global headlines last month are addressed by forthcoming legislation on online harms.

OTTAWA — The political battle lines over gender identity came into sharper focus Wednesday as Pierre Poilievre came out against treating young people with puberty blockers — a position that prompted a broadside from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

The mayor of Belleville, Ont., says the city needs to be part of a "larger plan" to deal with an ongoing addictions and mental-health crisis after emergency crews responded to 17 overdoses in 24 hours.

Quebec is asking the federal government to change the Criminal Code so the province can begin allowing people to request medical assistance in dying before their condition renders them incapable of giving consent.

TORONTO — Buckingham Palace's announcement that King Charles has been diagnosed with "a form of cancer" is a significant boost for public awareness about the importance of early detection, cancer organizations in Canada say.

A medical journal has retracted two studies claiming to show the harms of the abortion pill mifepristone, citing conflicts of interest by the authors and flaws in their research.