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Provincial deficits to narrow in coming years despite trade war: report

Provincial deficits to narrow in coming years despite trade war: report

OTTAWA — Under pressure from the U.S. trade war and a slowing economy, Canada's provinces are all expected to run fiscal deficits this year — but a Conference Board of Canada report predicts those deficits will narrow in the coming years.
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Motion in Nanaimo, B.C., to ask for closure of safe injection site deferred

Motion in Nanaimo, B.C., to ask for closure of safe injection site deferred

City council in Nanaimo, B.C., has voted to defer a motion on asking the local health authority to close an overdose prevention site next to city hall. The vote to defer Coun.
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Israeli fire kills dozens in Gaza, officials say, as aid delivery remains chaotic after new measures

Israeli fire kills dozens in Gaza, officials say, as aid delivery remains chaotic after new measures

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli strikes or gunfire killed at least 78 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Monday, including a pregnant woman whose baby was delivered after her death but also died, local health officials said.
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N.S. reform of care of people with disabilities behind in housing 'complex' cases

N.S. reform of care of people with disabilities behind in housing 'complex' cases

HALIFAX — There's been a surge in the number of Nova Scotians with complex disabilities stuck in temporary housing, according to recent figures released by the province.
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Federal judge blocks Arkansas law barring pharmacy benefit managers from owning pharmacies in state

Federal judge blocks Arkansas law barring pharmacy benefit managers from owning pharmacies in state

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal judge temporarily blocked on Monday Arkansas' first-in-the-nation law that would have prohibited pharmacy benefit managers from owning pharmacies in the state. U.S.
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Sarepta will resume gene therapy shipments after FDA review of recent patient death

Sarepta will resume gene therapy shipments after FDA review of recent patient death

WASHINGTON (AP) — Shares of beleaguered drugmaker Sarepta Therapeutics jumped in afterhours trading Monday after the company said it would resume shipping its gene therapy for some patients, following a brief pause requested by regulators .
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Advocates question fairness as federal government backs away from pharmacare program

Advocates question fairness as federal government backs away from pharmacare program

OTTAWA — Reproductive health advocates say the federal government's failure to commit to funding pharmacare in all provinces and territories is leaving people with a lot of uncertainty, and could create inequality across the country.
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Study finds more women opted for IUDs after B.C. made birth control free

Study finds more women opted for IUDs after B.C. made birth control free

A new study shows more women opted for long-acting birth control methods after British Columbia began covering the cost, which researchers say is strong reason for Ottawa's pharmacare plan to do the same.
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Deion Sanders had bladder cancer. Here's what to know about a disease that's more common in men

Deion Sanders had bladder cancer. Here's what to know about a disease that's more common in men

Colorado football coach Deion Sanders was diagnosed with an aggressive form of bladder cancer earlier this year, had surgery to remove the organ and is now considered cured by his doctors, the Pro Football Hall of Famer said Monday.
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Israel's leader claims no one in Gaza is starving. Data and witnesses disagree

Israel's leader claims no one in Gaza is starving. Data and witnesses disagree

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says no one in Gaza is starving: “There is no policy of starvation in Gaza, and there is no starvation in Gaza.
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