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Halton police say they seized 24 handguns and other prohibited items in a major GTA drug trafficking probe, marking the largest firearms seizure in the service’s history.

Montreal Public Health officials are warning a purple syrup that mimics the look of cough medicine is a fake product that can be lethal.

U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order that would reclassify marijuana and ease federal restrictions on research for potential new medical products.

Pharmacists say a shortage of some prescription painkillers is expected to continue as alternatives have seen an increase since the summer.

Police believe the discovery of 60,000 plants being grown in a field behind a rural Edmonton home is the second largest opium poppy bust in Canadian history.

Two types of painkillers are experiencing a nationwide shortage in Canada, leading Health Canada to advise patients to consult doctors and pharmacists for alternatives.

Vancouver police are warning local drug users that potentially toxic drugs could be on the street after a string of pharmacy robberies on July 15.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A Newfoundland and Labrador pharmacist facing charges relating to prescription drugs will go to trial on Oct. 5.

Hurricane Isaac slammed into the southern Louisiana coast late Tuesday, sending floodwaters surging and unleashing fierce winds, as residents hunkered down behind boarded-up windows. New Orleans calmly waited out another storm on the eve of the devastating Hurricane Katrina's seventh anniversary, hoping the city's strengthened levees will hold.

NEW ORLEANS - Hurricane Isaac raked the Louisiana coast and headed for a shuttered New Orleans late Tuesday, with brutal timing that made up for much of what it lacked in punch.

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Eight players, including Tennessee's Kenny Britt, Tampa Bay's Aqib Talib and Cincinnati's Cedric Benson and Adam "Pacman" Jones, were subject to being suspended under the league's conduct policy for incidents during the lockout.

The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario claims there is a health crisis in the province resulting from the misuse of drugs such as morphine and codeine.

We speak to a pharmacologist about why the illicit injection of the drug Fentanyl is so dangerous.

Officers found codeine, morphine and replica pistols inside the vehicle.

Kingston Police say the case involved a two-month-long investigation into the trafficking of methamphetamines. Two of the three charged had already been charged in 2021.

Children recovering from a broken arm should get ibuprofen to treat their pain, not codeine-laced acetaminophen, researchers advise based on a head-to-head comparison of the two pain treatments in children.

Oil fell below $70 a barrel for the first time since August last year after the U.S. government data showed larger than expected increases in crude and gasoline inventories and weaker product demand.

Vita Health Products has voluntarily recalled over the counter medicines along with a number of anti-inflammatory, cough and allergy medications, because of labeling irregularities.

Charges have been laid in connection with a fire in east London, Ont., after drugs and ammunition were located at the scene on Sunday.

When it comes to fighting prescription drug abuse in the country, government officials, health-care providers and law enforcement officers agree that without a national strategy their efforts are doomed to fail.