Tag Archives: health

TORONTO - The first person in Canada to test positive for the novel coronavirus has now been completely cleared of the virus. Ontario health officials say the man in his 50s has now had two negative t...

OTTAWA - The watchdog for Canadian veterans is urging the federal government to explain clearly how it plans to eliminate a backlog that is keeping thousands of former service members waiting to ...

TORONTO - An Ontario court has extended an order suspending legal proceedings against three major tobacco companies as they try to negotiate a settlement with their creditors.  Ontario Super...

TOKYO - A test event for the Tokyo Olympics scheduled for later this month that would have involved some non-Japanese athletes is being revamped because of fear of the spreading virus from China. It's...

BOSTON - Did an artificial-intelligence system beat human doctors in warning the world of a severe coronavirus outbreak in China? In a narrow sense, yes. But what the humans lacked in sheer speed, the...

PORT HURON, Mich. - Unusual packages turn up at border crossings every now and then, a U.S. border official said Thursday, but it was still strange for officers to find a human brain in a shipmen...

OTTAWA - A sixth presumptive case of COVID-19 has been diagnosed in British Columbia after a woman in her 30s returned to the province from Iran, bringing the total number of cases in Canada...

A Weyburn couple is in self-isolation in their home after a month-long cruise that went off the rails over fears of the coronavirus. In mid-January Marilyn and Tom Schuck left Weyburn and headed to Si...

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - South Korea reported its first death from the new virus on Thursday while the mayor of a southeastern city urged its 2.5 million people to stay inside as infections linked ...

VICTORIA - Children's health in British Columbia will benefit from the provincial government's decision to tax sugary soda drinks, says the chairman of the Childhood Obesity Foundation. Dr. Tom W...