Health

CALGARY — The Alberta government says it is opening more detox beds and adding new treatment programs to help people addicted to opioids such as fentanyl.

ROUYN NORANDA, Que. — The photo shows a bearded, tattooed barber lying on his side on the floor, using a pair of clippers to trim the hair of the young boy lying facedown beside him.

EDMONTON — The advocacy group Mothers Against Drunk Driving wants Alberta to sell marijuana through government-run stores — at least in the short term — to ensure public safety before profit.

OTTAWA — The federal government unveiled Thursday a plan aimed at eliminating the sky high rate of tuberculosis among Canada's Inuit population.

A former Bishop's University football player who became mentally and physically disabled following a severe head injury during a game has settled a lawsuit with the school. Kevin Kwasny of Winnipeg was seeking $13.

TORONTO — Characters with autism are increasingly finding prominence in film and television, most recently in the new TV network offering "The Good Doctor" and "Atypical," which debuted in August on the streaming service Netflix.

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.