Health

B.C. school districts crack down on e-scooters, e-bikes as emergency room visits rise

More British Columbia school districts are banning electric bikes and scooters from their properties ahead of the new school year, citing a spike in injuries among underage riders. The Langley School ...

The Canadian Press Sep 4, 2026

Mistrial is declared in Lindsay Clancy child killings case after jury deadlocks

PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) - A judge in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial declared a mistrial Friday after jurors failed to reach a verdict in a case that sharply divided many Americans over whether the Massa...

The Canadian Press Sep 4, 2026

Lindsay Clancy trial ends without a verdict for a sixth day after drama in the courtroom

PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) - The deadlocked jury in the Lindsay Clancy trial went home without a verdict Thursday in a dramatic sixth day of deliberations, after the jury's foreperson sent the judge a note ...

The Canadian Press Sep 3, 2026

Internal data reveals 726 Quebecers waiting in hospital for long-term care beds

MONTRAL - Hundreds of Quebecers are occupying hospital beds while waiting for a spot in a long-term care facility, and the number is on the rise, reveals data released by Sant Qubec through an access ...

The Canadian Press Sep 3, 2026

Ontario court denies Toronto woman's motion to apply for MAID for mental illness

TORONTO - An Ontario judge has denied a motion that would have allowed a woman who suffers solely from mental illness to apply for a medically assisted death, while insisting the Attorney General of C...

The Canadian Press Sep 3, 2026

Man convicted of manslaughter, not murder, in Vancouver Starbucks stabbing

VANCOUVER - A man has been found guilty of manslaughter but cleared of murder in the 2023 stabbing outside a Vancouver coffee shop of a father who whose death was captured on video and shared widely o...