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Where there's fire, there's smoke. With over 200 fires burning in the N.W.T. alone, concerns about air quality are on the rise. How can you tell when to take precautions?

Anti-aging products and procedures are everywhere -- and new research indicates women are feeling the pressure to look perpetually younger earlier. Noticing a wave of anti-aging content "taking over" social media, London, Ont., researcher Megan ...

A provincial dashboard tracking caseloads, hospitalizations and deaths from respiratory illnesses shows 17 deaths from respiratory syncytial virus this season after not displaying it in previous years, so why is that detail now included?

Lindsay Clancy's defence doesn't dispute that she strangled and killed her three children in 2023 while her then-husband was running an errand. But they argue she isn't criminally responsible because she was suffering from postpartum psychosis, a ...

A Quebec town is taking steps to make everyday life easier for people living with dementia, training local merchants, municipal employees and emergency responders to better understand the condition and adapt their services.

The leaders of a small community off north Vancouver Island have agreed to ban a woman from the area after she allegedly assaulted a travel nurse serving the local hospital.

Mock shopping sites are giving people the thrill of browsing, filling a cart and checking out, without spending a cent. As the trend spreads worldwide, some are using it to rethink compulsive spending and the environmental cost of buying more.

In new research, scientists shine a light on a global, online trade in preserved human remains and raise the alarm about its potential health hazards.

Parti Québécois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon announced Friday morning that the state-owned corporation will be a thing of the past if he is elected this fall. He says the agency put in place by the Coalition Avenir Québec is too centralized and ...

With emergency funds set to run dry within weeks, front-line responders in the Democratic Republic of Congo are facing escalating violence and conspiracy theories while attempting to contain the Bundibugyo Ebola strain.