A University of Calgary study suggests that severe symptoms of menopause can act as early warning signs for dementia. Dr. Zahinoor Ismail, a professor of psychiatry, neurology, epidemiology and pathology at the Hotchkiss Brain Institute, said the result comes from an ongoing cross-sectional study about Canadian brains and aging from …

Impassable winter roads are delaying vital shipments and threatening the safety of First Nations across northern Ontario, leaders warned as they pressed the provincial and federal government for support. An unseasonably warm winter, intensified by human-caused climate change, has left many remote First Nations cut off from an essential road …

Colleges and universities are set to receive “financial support” from Queen’s Park as the Ford government looks to shore up post-secondary institutions that have raised concerns about their long-term financial survival. Global News has learned the province plans to offer its “official response” later this month to the government’s blue …

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Warning: Details are graphic The deaths of five individuals, including three children, have sent shockwaves across Manitoba on Sunday. On Feb. 11, the Manitoba RCMP confirmed that the five people were known to each other. The three children were pulled out of a …

Canada’a auditor general will release a long-awaited report into the controversial ArriveCAN application Monday morning, more than a year after being tasked to look into it. Auditor General Karen Hogan’s report is scheduled to be tabled in the House of Commons around 11 a.m. Eastern. Hogan is also scheduled to …

Ontario’s top court is set to rule today on the constitutionality of a law that limited raises for more than one million workers in the broader public sector, including nurses and teachers. The Progressive Conservatives enacted the law, known as Bill 124, in 2019 as a way to help the …

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Toronto Fire Services says one person was rescued from a balcony after a fire broke out at a high-rise building downtown. Firefighters were called to Sherbourne Street, near Shuter Street, at around 5:30 p.m. Sunday for a fire on the 12th floor. …

Descrease article font size Increase article font size It’s been a busy Monday morning for the Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service. Fire crews were dispatched to a blaze at a commercial building on Keewatin Street, causing traffic disruptions and the closure of Keewatin in both directions between Inkster Boulevard and Church …