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- Supreme Court opens trade secrets in Merck ruling
The Supreme Court of Canada issued a landmark ruling Friday on what constitutes a corporate trade secret under the Access to Information Act.
- Tanning bed ban urged for under-18s
Children and teens under the age of 18 should be banned from using commercial indoor tanning beds, the Canadian Paediatric Society says.
- Mother claims mental-health system failed son
The mother of a 21-year-old Nova Scotia man who took his life is calling for a provincial inquiry into how suicidal patients are treated by mental-health professionals.
- Girl has 6 organs replaced at once
A 9-year-old Maine girl is home from a Boston hospital healthy, active and with high hopes and a new stomach, liver, spleen, small intestine, pancreas, and part of an esophagus.
- McGill asbestos study flawed, epidemiologist says
An asbestos expert says a major study done by a group of scientists at McGill University is flawed, but is still being used to promote the export of asbestos overseas.
- AstraZeneca cuts 132 jobs, shuts Montreal facility
British drug maker AstraZeneca is the latest multinational to uproot from Montreal's once-thriving pharmaceutical sector.
- Tracking Lyme disease
A new map pinpoints areas of the Eastern United States where humans have the highest risk of contracting Lyme disease.
- Personalized healthcare
Federal government announces a new healthcare strategy that uses your DNA to tailor treatment to your needs.