Health

Premier Scott Moe and the Saskatchewan Party won a fifth consecutive majority government Monday, losing in the big cities but retaining its iron grip on rural areas to secure victory.

Scott Moe is a conservative premier who began life as a left-winger with a shot so hard, it was lights out — literally.

TISDALE, Sask. — RCMP say a school bus crash in Saskatchewan has injured the driver as well as some of the children aboard. Police say the bus, which was the only vehicle involved, crashed shortly before 4 p.m.

Health officials are investigating the death Monday of an Iowa resident as a suspected case of Lassa fever , a frightening viral disease rarely seen in the U.S., health officials said. The patient returned to the U.S.

EDMONTON — Alberta’s government proposed legislative changes Monday to the provincial Bill of Rights aimed at giving residents the right to refuse medical treatments, including vaccines, but is leaving the final word to the courts.

Some Apple AirPods wireless headphones can be used as hearing aids with a new software update available Monday . It's a high-profile move that experts applaud, even if they only reach a small portion of the millions of Americans with hearing loss.

OTTAWA — Health Minister Mark Holland said the federal government will launch consultations this fall about expanding the medical assistance in dying regime to include advanced requests.

ATLANTA (AP) — Starting Monday, 1.3 million Georgians who bought health care through the Affordable Care Act can begin looking at plans through Georgia Access, the state's new marketplace exchange. Open enrollment for Georgia Access begins Friday.

Ontario residents can now get an updated COVID-19 vaccine as well as a flu shot.

The Canadian Medical Association wants to eliminate sick note requirements by companies for employees with short-term minor illnesses, saying they burden physicians with unnecessary administrative tasks.