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A proposed deal that would see three tobacco giants pay out billions to provinces and territories, as well as smokers across Canada, has been approved by the companies' creditors, a lawyer representing some of the creditors says.

Caring for aging parents can be challenging, especially when health issues like dementia come into play. Blue Sky host Leisha Grebinski spoke with Laura Tamblyn Watts and Connie Snider on how to navigate this journey. Watts is the president and CEO of CanAge and author of Let's Talk About Aging Parents. Snider is a first link co-ordinator at the Alzheimer Society of Saskatchewan.

Home Care Ontario is calling on the province to significantly increase the number of visits and hours of home care by 10 per cent a year for the next three years — roughly 16.5 million hours of additional care. 

More than 15,000 people received medical assistance in dying in Canada in 2023, but federal statistics show the growth in cases has slowed significantly.

ELNA Medical Group, a Montreal-based company that bills itself as Canada's largest network of medical clinics, has entered creditor protection. The move raised questions about the future of the company and the services it provides patients.

Premier Doug Ford's government is introducing new legislation that it says will give municipalities and police services legal powers and tools to dismantle homeless encampments and crack down on public drug use with fines or jail time.

A Manitoba woman suffering from a post-surgery infection says she's going to lose her leg because a surgeon started a procedure he couldn't finish.

The Alberta government says the number of patients occupying hospital beds without needing that level of care is a key driver of the need to overhaul the provincial health-care system. Such patients are designated alternate level of care, or ALC. Data obtained by CBC News shows that since 2019, thousands of hospital patients have occupied beds while waiting to move into continuing care, paying millions in accommodation fees until they did.

Most positive tests for RSV so far this season in Canada have been among the youngest, federal data suggests. And while Health Canada has approved an immunization that can protect all babies from the illness, it’s only available in a few jurisdictions. 

Canada's health minister says millions of Canadians who aren't currently eligible for the national dental insurance plan will be able to apply "as soon as possible in the new year" — but he won't say exactly when or who might qualify next.

Closing arguments at the inquest examining the drug-related deaths of six men who were in custody at the Hamilton-Wentworth Detention Centre have wrapped up. The jury is now tasked with deliberating to reach its conclusions.

Like many provinces, Saskatchewan has a serious drug overdose issue. However, recent numbers released by the provincial coroners service. suggest things are improving.

In New Delhi, one of the most polluted cities in the world, a first-of-its kind hospital clinic is helping people suffering from both physical and mental impacts of air pollution.

The serial nurse impersonator, who is currently serving seven years in jail in Ontario, is being sentenced in B.C. on 11 charges, including fraud, forgery, theft and assault with a weapon.

Alberta Health Services says it has taken a number of steps to better train staff, after an Indigenous man's braids were cut off and thrown away while he was in an Edmonton hospital.

Watch Tom Murphy's interview with Sanja Stanojevic, an associate professor in Dalhousie University's department of community health and epidemiology.

Filmmaker Lauren Greenfield convinced a bunch of teenagers to give her full access to their phones, where she saw social media’s impact on young minds in real time.

A research lab in Saskatoon wants to feed people weed gummies and strap them into a driving simulator to test how impaired they are.

Physicians who spoke to CBC wonder whether better supports — including urgent care clinics and advanced paramedic care — could allow some rural ERs to close permanently to remedy chronic, sporadic shutdowns and inconsistent service.

Reports of Intimate partner violence have skyrocketed since the pandemic, says the Children's Aid Foundation of Canada. Amid calls for more family and community-based interventions to prevent abuse and help families heal, this woman shares what it was like as a child in southwestern Ontario to witness abuse of her mom by her then partner.