Health

OTTAWA — An association of health insurance providers warns it might not be worthwhile for small businesses to provide dental benefits to some employees once the government launches a national dental-care plan.

DENVER (AP) — Colorado is promising not to enforce its new ban on unproven treatments to reverse medication abortions until state regulators go through a process to determine if they should be allowed.

EDMONTON — The Alberta government says it's investing more than $3 million on rehabilitation and research for military veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's government says a Halifax hotel it has leased as a homeless shelter will also house people who are discharged from hospitals but still require a bed and care.

HALIFAX — The federal government has signed a memorandum of understanding with Nova Scotia’s Mi’kmaq chiefs on the transfer of federal health services.

TORONTO — Cash-strapped hospices in Ontario say the province needs to boost their annual funding because cost increases that began at the start of the pandemic have not eased.

MONTREAL — McGill University and a group of Indigenous elders have reached a deal to search for the possibility of unmarked graves at the former site of a Montreal hospital, following a court ruling described as precedent setting.

Thomas snuggles under the covers with me at bedtime, warm and wiggly. It is our third tour through the “Harry Potter” series, and tonight is like so many others. I pause and ask him to read a few pages of the Dr.

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek said Thursday she has directed the state to obtain a supply of the most commonly used abortion medication in the U.S. amid fears that a court ruling could restrict access to it .

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