TORONTO — Royal Bank CEO David McKay says the lender is "closely monitoring" the real estate markets in Vancouver and Toronto, where home prices have been climbing at a breakneck pace.
A police report says a man who died from a drug overdose in a Cape Breton jail told a prison nurse he had taken five "nerve pill(s)" and appeared intoxicated, raising questions for an addictions expert about why he wasn't sent to hospital rather than a prison cell.
The ethics commissioner is looking into Health Minister Jane Philpott's repeated use of a high-end car service owned by a Liberal supporter who canvassed for her during the last federal election.
VANCOUVER — The medical profession is waking up to the reality that opioids have been over-prescribed in Canada and is actively searching for solutions, says a national association that represents doctors in legal matters.
It's a myth that Canada has the best health-care system in the world, she told the annual meeting of the Canadian Medical Association on Tuesday.
OTTAWA — A team of federal advisers recruited to help resurrect Canada's sagging economic growth has been exploring opportunities around trade, infrastructure, innovation and labour markets, says the group's chair, Dominic Barton.