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New Brunswick's chief medical officer of health says a new report has found no evidence of a mysterious brain disease that has allegedly been impacting about 400 residents.

Dr. Vivien Suttorp says hospitalizations for respiratory viruses peaked on Dec. 31, when there were 700 influenza patients — a number that has since dropped to 513.

The U.K. Health Security Agency described the event as 'rapidly evolving' and warned of the potential for further cases.

Minister for Primary Health Care, Adriana LaGrange, said a standing measles warning was issued for Parkland County after 17 people west of Edmonton tested positive for the virus.

One youth is facing criminal charges, including indignity to a human body, criminal harassment and two counts of indecent communication.

Police said no injuries have been reported and preliminary information suggests the incident was targeted.

There is a big shakeup coming at Calgary city hall. The city's CAO, David Duckworth, has agreed to leave his job at the end of the year and COO Stuart Dagleish is retiring.

A 16-year-old boy has turned himself into police for a shooting in northern Manitoba that left one person dead and prompted a lockdown on Tuesday night. 

Tackling health misinformation and rebuilding public trust are top priorities for Canada's incoming chief public health officer Dr. Joss Reimer.

Canada's incoming chief public health officer Dr. Joss Reimer said it's critical for the federal government to take a proactive approach to countering false information.

OPP Sgt. Brandon Malcolm, 33, died after a motorcycle crash on Hwy. 401 in Cobourg. He’s remembered for dedication to duty as tributes pour in.

If approved by city council, the plan would be executed on 10 'high demand' days between June 11 and July 2, 2026, which is when Toronto is hosting FIFA matches.

OPP Commissioner Thomas Carrique said Malcolm 'served his community with dedication to duty, honour' and 'made the ultimate sacrifice.'

The FSIN is holding its first assembly meeting since being asked by Ottawa to repay over $28 million in funding, closing the meeting to media and other advocates.

Both rivers in the Interlake region, the Fisher and Icelandic rivers, are subject to flood warnings from the province as levels continue to rise in the waterways.

The list, which contains “extremely sensitive data," was likely released to the party by a legitimate recipient of it, Elections Alberta said in a statement Thursday.

Police said the 20-year-old suspect admitted to entering the school with two guns, which he claims to have stolen from his father without permission. 

A coroner’s inquest held this week has ruled Aaliyah Burrell’s manner of death to be undetermined. The 12-year-old was found unconscious in her Florenceville, N.B., home in 2021.

Fire investigators are working to determine what caused a house fire in Lower Sackville over the weekend that claimed the lives of three people.

OPSEU is slamming a planned merger between St. Lawrence and Fleming colleges, saying staff were blindsided by a consolidation driven by provincial underfunding.