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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.

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.

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.

Nathalie Provost was shot in the leg, foot and forehead by a gunman who killed 14 women and injured more than a dozen people in 1989, including six of her classmates.

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.

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.

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

The closure of Saskatoon's only supervised drug consumption site seems to be having spillover effects in the city, including at one of its emergency rooms.

Police in Amherst, N.S., say they're still looking for the suspects in a fatal shooting outside a homeless shelter in the town on Monday evening. 

Elon Musk and Linda Yaccarino, the former CEO of X, were summoned for 'voluntary interviews' with Paris prosecutors following a search at the French premises of X.

The Canadian airline has acquired 30 of its first Airbus A321XLR, a single-aisle aircraft that will have 14 lie-flat seats that will be available in signature class.

Calgary's Mount Royal University is facing some strong criticism over the lack of information provided to students and staff during Monday's shelter in place advisory.

The regional government launched the investigation, which was sparked by a Global News story about management and dysfunction at Metro Vancouver.

Kirk Moore, a principal at Pauls Valley High School, was crowned over the weekend after students elected him in honour of his heroic efforts.

Viral videos and 'fitspiration' trends can sometimes do more harm than good, according to health experts.