Day: February 15, 2021

New Brunswick has the highest rate of sleeping pill use among seniors in Canada, with one in four taking them regularly. The medication can lead to dependence and side-effects like memory loss and unsteadiness, so a new study is offering an alternative.

The owners of CHSLD Herron on Montreal’s West Island want the public inquiry into Quebec’s long-term care homes to be delayed until prosecutors decide whether to lay charges against them.

Environment Canada has issued a snowfall warning for Toronto, saying between 15 and 25 centimetres of snow is forecast to fall in two rounds on Monday and Tuesday.

Residents of a condominium in Mississauga, Ont., will be tested after a cluster of five cases of the coronavirus variant first identified in South Africa was discovered at the building.

Myanmar’s military leaders have extended their detention of deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi, whose remand was set to expire Monday and whose freedom is a key demand of the crowds of people continuing to protest this month’s military coup.