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A randomized controlled trial involving 12 weekly choir sessions for participants who have developed aphasia from strokes, aims to find out if singing together helps them re-gain their ability to speak and write.

Canadian research suggests recommendations against screening for prostate cancer has led to a rise in the rates of stage 4 cases and less progress in mortality, even as other experts disagree and cite harms of overdiagnosis and overtreatment.

Iranian pistachios previously imported to Canada need to be held and tested for salmonella before being sold, federal officials say.

Chiefs in Ontario are denouncing the federal government's delayed introduction of a bill to ensure First Nations have safe drinking water. They're also concerned that Canada intends to weaken proposed legislation before tabling it.

Respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, has long been the leading cause of infant hospitalization in Canada. While real-world studies show new RSV shots are working to keep newborns out of hospital, many Canadian families still don't have access to ...

As the number of birds culled due to an avian flu outbreak on turkey farms near Strathroy, Ont., approaches 100,000, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency says they won't provide staff for media interviews for fear they will be subject of harassment, . ...

A CBC News investigation has uncovered the sale of nicotine pouches in convenience stores across the country, despite federal regulations banning it.

Emergency room physician Kaitlin Stockton says she has reached a settlement with the Fraser Health Authority to resolve a lawsuit that alleged wrongful dismissal after she tried to warn patients about conditions in two hospitals where she worked.

Ontario wrote off more than one billion items of personal protective equipment at a cost of $1.4 billion since 2021, the province's auditor general found.

Ontario is not properly overseeing doctors' billings, including cases of physicians billing for more than 24 hours in a day -- money that could be going toward adding more family doctors, the auditor general has found.