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Various beers, both alcoholic and non-alcoholic, under the Molson Coors banner have been recalled across Canada due to pieces of metal, according to Health Canada.

The latest Health Ministry data showed 11,042 people have been infected by the deadly virus that has now killed 5,387, nearly half of those infected, in the country's deadliest outbreak.

It took three attempts for a retired military officer diagnosed with a rare brain cancer to receive special benefits from Veterans Affairs Canada. Bruce Mayo researched and found others with the same diagnosis who also served in Southwest Asia. Mayo wants Canada to change its presumptive injury list, putting it in line with U.S. policy.

In Alberta, 21 soldiers remain in hospital, with nine in critical condition, according to a provincial health agency. Fifteen of those patients are on ventilators to help them breathe.

Women are the fastest growing segment of Canada’s veteran population, but they have complex physical and mental health problems that often get treated in isolation. A report released in June identified an urgent need for co-ordinated, trauma-informed care for female vets with chronic pain.

The drop in prosecutions — and the apparent rise in open usage — coincides with a Public Prosecution Service of Canada policy change in 2020 directing prosecutors away from laying criminal charges for drug possession, according to police officials and experts who spoke with CBC News.

A new report calls for the federal government to make it easier for service members and others exposed to health risks to find the information they need when making medical claims.

Egg freezing is surging in Canada and genetic testing is one of the motivations. We spoke with a woman planning to freeze her eggs so she can test her embryos for the BRCA 1 gene mutation.

The Canadian government wants to ramp up the development and adoption of AI systems, starting with the health sector, but experts warn that proposed measures to address privacy concerns have critical gaps.

When news broke about the deadly training accident at CFB Wainwright that killed four soldiers and sent dozens more to hospital with severe burns, Véronique Moulin knew she had to help. She is on the front lines of research meant to help burn patients heal faster, with less pain and fewer scars.

Durham region’s health department is warning residents of a confirmed measles case in an unimmunized child with a history of recent international travel.

B.C.'s Human Rights Tribunal has ordered LifeLabs and a subsidiary to pay three transgender and non-binary people $32,000 for "injury to their dignity" after the staff at the company misgendered and outed them at service centres in Vancouver and Burnaby in 2019.

A lonely highway, a traumatized son, and up to 20 people in need of urgent care after a horrific bus crash: that's the situation Rich Rogers found himself in Wednesday morning along Highway 39, just south of Mackenzie, B.C. A former firefighter, he spoke to reporters about the toll it can take and the importance of supporting first responders.

Emergency physicians across Canada say a powerful veterinary sedative is being added to fentanyl sold on streets, complicating their response to overdoses as they juggle patients.

The National Advisory Committee on Immunization now recommends that all Canadian infants receive vaccination against hepatitis B, a virus that infects the liver and has a high likelihood of becoming chronic in young children, especially infants under one year old.

Health Canada has authorized Moderna's mRNA vaccine for influenza, as well as its combination mRNA vaccine for flu and COVID-19.

Experts and patients say MS misdiagnosis can happen as researchers continue to improve their understanding of the disease and develop better ways to diagnose it.

Malfunctioning power door operators, inaccessible self-service kiosks and the inability to get a braille menu were among the issues people with disabilities faced while eating out as part of a Marketplace investigation into accessibility at fast-food and full-service restaurants in Ontario.

Canada is embarking on a path to end homelessness in 10 years, Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne said as he presented the federal budget on Thursday.

In this issue of our environmental newsletter, we meet a group of youth who are helping people understand the impact of climate change on brain health; find out just how super this year's El Niño is so far; and see how some some municipalities are keeping Halloween pumpkins out of the trash (hint: they're getting eaten).