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Pearson Airport travellers may have been exposed to measles on Dec. 8

Pearson Airport travellers may have been exposed to measles on Dec. 8

TORONTO — Toronto's public health agency says people who travelled through Pearson Airport earlier this month may have been exposed to measles.
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Nova Scotia budget update reduces deficit by $220M, mostly due to higher tax revenue

Nova Scotia budget update reduces deficit by $220M, mostly due to higher tax revenue

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s budget deficit for the current fiscal year is now projected at $247.5 million — almost $220 million less than estimated in last February’s budget.
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Fentanyl fuels record homeless deaths in Oregon's Multnomah County, home to Portland

Fentanyl fuels record homeless deaths in Oregon's Multnomah County, home to Portland

PORTLAND, Ore.
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Toronto cancer hospital expanding to new 15-storey building as it reaches capacity

Toronto cancer hospital expanding to new 15-storey building as it reaches capacity

TORONTO — A Toronto hospital network says its cancer care services have reached capacity and it is expanding to a 15-storey building to handle more patients.
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Takeaways from The Associated Press’ reporting on prison labor in Alabama

Takeaways from The Associated Press’ reporting on prison labor in Alabama

DADEVILLE, Ala. (AP) — No state has a longer, more profit-driven history of contracting prisoners out to private companies than Alabama.
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Alabama profits off prisoners safe enough to work at McDonald’s, deems them too dangerous for parole

Alabama profits off prisoners safe enough to work at McDonald’s, deems them too dangerous for parole

DADEVILLE, Ala. (AP) — A storm was looming when the inmate serving 20 years for armed robbery was assigned to transport fellow prisoners to their jobs at private manufacturers supplying goods to companies like Home Depot and Wayfair.
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Rwanda and WHO declare end of Marburg outbreak after no new cases reported

Rwanda and WHO declare end of Marburg outbreak after no new cases reported

KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — The World Health Organization and the Rwandan government on Friday declared the outbreak in Rwanda of the Ebola-like Marburg fever over after no new cases were registered in recent weeks.
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Rwanda and WHO declare end of Marburg outbreak after no new cases reported

KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — The World Health Organization and the Rwandan government on Friday declared the outbreak in Rwanda of the Ebola-like Marburg fever over after no new cases were registered in recent weeks.
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Newfoundland woman washed sick patients' hair every Saturday for more than 20 years

Newfoundland woman washed sick patients' hair every Saturday for more than 20 years

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — A retired nurse and teacher in Newfoundland was honoured this week for her volunteer work, which included more than two decades washing the hair of bedridden hospital patients.
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Ontario proposes requiring health staffing agencies to disclose their rates

Ontario proposes requiring health staffing agencies to disclose their rates

TORONTO — Ontario is proposing to increase transparency and accountability around health staffing agencies, as hospitals and long-term care homes spend about $1 billion a year to fill shifts with temporary workers at rates far higher than full-time s
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