Health

OTTAWA — The 2025 wildfire season is already one of the worst on record for Canada, federal officials said Friday, and there is a high risk that more fires will break out in August.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration insists it hasn’t wavered in its duty to protect the civil rights of America’s children even as it dismantles the Education Department .

VICTORIA — British Columbia Health Minister Josie Osborne is "sincerely apologizing" to the family of a 10-year-old girl on Vancouver Island with a rare disease after a public fight over the province's decision to cut off funding for her medication.

WESTBURY, N.Y. (AP) — A man was pulled into an MRI machine in New York after he walked into the room wearing a large chain necklace, police said. The man, 61, had entered an MRI room while a scan was underway Wednesday afternoon at Nassau Open MRI.

REGINA — Saskatchewan's government says it's bringing in crews from other provinces and countries to fight raging wildfires, as more people have been forced to flee their homes.

BOSTON (AP) — Attorneys for Planned Parenthood clinics nationwide argued in federal court Friday that cutting off Medicaid funding to its abortion providers would hurt vulnerable patients who already have limited health care options.

TORONTO — Nainesh Kotak says it doesn't matter how many of his 11-year-old son's friends have e-scooters, he's not letting his own child have one. The personal injury lawyer based in Mississauga, Ont.

An Alberta woman who filed a human rights complaint after being turned away at a clinic for an ultrasound says she hopes her recent win paves the way for better accommodations for disabled patients.

VICTORIA — The mother of a nine-year-old Vancouver Island girl who has an extremely rare neurodegenerative disease says she's grateful her daughter will get her medication back.

Swollen legs led to President Donald Trump being diagnosed with what's called chronic venous insufficiency. It's a fairly common condition among older adults but requires a thorough checkup to rule out more serious causes of swelling in the legs.