Health

CALGARY — An interim report released at a pain management conference suggests the best way to cut down on opioid addiction is to not prescribe the drugs in the first place.

MONTREAL — Environment Canada says a smog alert it issued for southern Quebec late Sunday is expected to continue through Tuesday and possibly into Wednesday morning.

Quebec's international relations minister says she is optimistic the World Anti-Doping Agency will accept Canada's offer on Thursday to keep the organization's headquarters in Montreal until at least 2031.

CHICAGO — The old-fashioned, family doctor style of medicine could be lifesaving for elderly hospitalized patients, a big study suggests, showing benefits over a rapidly expanding alternative that has hospital-based doctors overseeing care instead.

WINNIPEG — Three people are in stable condition after being treated for carbon monoxide poisoning they suffered in their Winnipeg home.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Women are less likely than men to get CPR from a bystander and more likely to die, a new study suggests, and researchers think reluctance to touch a woman's chest might be one reason.

Ottawa and the provinces and territories could have another $1 billion a year in tax revenues to split after pot becomes legal next year.

TORONTO — The federal government's proposed plan to impose an excise tax on medical marijuana as well as recreational cannabis has left patient advocate groups and Canadian licensed cannabis producers fuming.

OTTAWA — Travellers to Canada will be routinely asked whether they are bringing marijuana into the country as Ottawa moves to legalize recreational pot use.

CALGARY — Alberta's finance minister has a blunt reaction to the federal government seeking to split tax profits on pot on a 50-50 basis. Joe Ceci says he wonders what Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government "is smoking.