Health

HALIFAX — Flu season is in full swing earlier than usual across Nova Scotia this year, and the province’s chief medical officer of health is urging the public to exercise caution during the holidays. Dr.

TORONTO — The flu has returned with a vengeance after being absent for a couple of years during the COVID-19 pandemic. It's hitting children especially hard. Here's what doctors say is happening, and why.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Douglas Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, on Friday visited a 988 call center that's part of the recently launched national hotline intended to help anyone experiencing a mental health emergency.

GATINEAU, Que. — Hexo Corp. says its most recent quarter delivered a $52.1 million net loss as the cannabis company purged unprofitable products and streamlined its business. The Gatineau, Que.

VICTORIA — At first, Cory Holland thought government anti-smoking measures were working when he noticed tobacco sales at his British Columbia convenience store started to drop.

VANCOUVER — The B.C. Centre For Disease Control says there are signs influenza is on a "steady decline" in the province, although case numbers remain high and positive test rates for respiratory syncytial virus continue to rise.

TORONTO — An Ontario court has acquitted three former cannabis leaders charged with offences linked to unlicensed growing at a Niagara area greenhouse. The ex-CannTrust Holdings Inc.

IQALUIT, Nunavut — Nunavut health officials say there has been a surge of respiratory illnesses across the territory this year. Dr.

OTTAWA — The Liberal government announced Thursday it will seek to delay the expansion of Canada's assisted-dying regime to include people whose sole underlying conditions are mental disorders.

THE BACKGROUND: After beginning 2022 by hosting a Winter Olympics inside a COVID bubble , China faced a tough year.