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Social Services Minister Lionel Carmant says the bill would grant his department new powers to approve or refuse a new site allowing the supervised consumption of drugs.

Tim Friede has long had a fascination with reptiles and other venomous creatures. He used to milk scorpions’ and spiders’ venom as a hobby and kept dozens of snakes at his Wisconsin home.

The Coalition Avenir Québec has been under pressure to get work going at Montreal’s Maisonneuve-Rosemont hospital after the government had promised to begin repairs but delayed them, citing budgetary constraints.

The International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) cites Canada as an example for a best practice.

Health Minister Adriana LaGrange says close to 90% of the cases so far have involved those who weren’t vaccinated.

An opposition bill proposes to make organ and tissue donation a procedure to opt out of while still alive rather than the current system that allows the living to opt in to donating organs upon death.

In rural Nova Scotia, the job of recruiting physicians and other healthcare workers can sometimes entail having to cat-sit—even if you’re allergic to felines.

A pioneering Nova Scotia program that provides patients with basic psychiatric diagnoses is winning praise for slashing wait times for some people struggling to get help.