Health

The City of Hamilton is exploring whether to declare a state of emergency as it grapples with an opioid crisis, with the municipality’s top doctor saying such a step could help it respond to a growing problem.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Workers with seven private ambulance services owned by a single employer across the island of Newfoundland have walked off the job.

A new Canadian study says that kids who have suffered a concussion should get back to school sooner to give them a better recovery.

After months of delay, renovations at a hospital emergency department in northern Nova Scotia are drawing to a close. The provincial health authority says the newly renovated space at the Cumberland Regional Health Centre in Amherst, N.S.

LONDON, Ont. — Ontario is expanding a grant that sees the province pay for tuition for students who enrol in some health-care programs.

Eli Lilly shares slipped Friday after regulators said they need to see more data on the company’s application for a quick approval of its potential Alzheimer’s disease treatment.

A study on the positive impact the Special Olympics has on its athletes has given John Bryden hope that he'll be able to speak with his daughter Carly again.

DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Inspections of ships carrying Ukrainian grain and other food exports have slowed to half their peak rate under a U.N.

GATINEAU, Que. — Hexo Corp. says the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC has informed the cannabis company that it has regained compliance with minimum bid price requirements. Gatineau, Que.

KANO, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian health authorities confirmed an outbreak of diphtheria Friday and reported that 25 people, most of them children, have died so far in one of the worst-hit states in the country's north.