Health

SASKATOON — The University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon has a new research centre that specializes in respiratory health.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia legislation aimed at giving greater autonomy to people with intellectual or cognitive disabilities came under criticism Monday, with predictions it will face a constitutional challenge if passed without changes.

TORONTO — Ontario is fast tracking legislation to create safe zones around abortion clinics with all-party support, after the bill's introduction led to accusations of political posturing on various sides.

WASHINGTON — In a story Oct. 12 about the worldwide gap in pain relief medication, The Associated Press misspelled the last name of a Stanford University psychiatry professor. His name is Keith Humphreys, not Humpreys.

EDMONTON — The Alberta government says 323 people may have been exposed to tuberculosis at a seniors facility in the Edmonton area.

ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar — As plague cases rose last week in Madagascar's capital, many city dwellers panicked. They waited in long lines for antibiotics at pharmacies and reached through bus windows to buy masks from street vendors.

DETROIT — Responding to consumer concerns about exhaust fumes, Ford is offering to inspect and repair Explorer SUVs at no cost to owners.

FREDERICTON — Midwives in New Brunswick have begun seeing their first patients — becoming one of the last provinces to provide publicly funded and regulated midwifery services.

A key U.S. maker of hospital products said it expects a temporary shortage of small saline bags because of the hurricane that hit Puerto Rico.

VICTORIA — The BC Coroners Service is launching an inquest into the death of a 36-year-old man who fell while being taken by ambulance to hospital in Quesnel, B.C. A statement from the service says Ebony Wood was involved in a vehicle crash on Nov.