Health

OTTAWA — The federal government is promising to improve the services and support available to military personnel and veterans in hopes of reducing the number of suicides among those who have served in uniform.

CALGARY — Hudson Mack says he doesn't know the cost of his Victoria-based son's intensive medical care after being shot Sunday at the Route 91 Harvest music festival in Las Vegas, only that he's sure it's already "catastrophic.

CALGARY — Hudson Mack says he doesn't know the cost of his Victoria-based son's intensive medical care after being shot Sunday at the Route 91 Harvest music festival in Las Vegas, only that he's sure it's already "catastrophic.

TORONTO — Ontario will create safe zones around abortion clinics to protect women who seek their services and the health-care workers who perform them, Attorney General Yasir Naqvi said Wednesday.

VICTORIA — A 17-year-old boy who took his own life on the grounds of a children's hospital in Vancouver didn't get the mental health treatment he needed from the time he was two years old, says British Columbia's representative for children and youth

VANCOUVER — Canada's political leaders must take bold action by joining forces to decriminalize illicit drugs and save lives in the midst of an unprecedented overdose crisis, a leading drug-policy expert says.

TORONTO — With hockey season now underway, here's something for fans to take to heart: a new study suggests the excitement of watching one's favourite team, either live or on TV, can have a profound effect on the cardiovascular system, in some cases

MONTREAL — A university football game between the Concordia Stingers (4-4) and the Montreal Carabins (7-1) has been cancelled after a bout of gastroenteritis spread through the Carabins locker room.

HALIFAX — The stark image shows a 50-year-old man with short, dark hair motionless in a hospital bed, eyes closed and a plastic breathing tube extending from his mouth. He could be sleeping, or in a coma.

LONDON — Britain's High Court has rejected a terminally ill man's request to be killed with medical help. In a ruling on Thursday, three judges turned down Noel Conway's request for assisted suicide.