Nissan is recalling 846,000 Altima midsize cars from 2015 to 2013 to fix a problem with their hood latches. The Problem: The secondary hood latch could bind and not fasten when owners close the hood. If the primary latch is somehow released, the hood could open while someone is driving.

Legalizing marijuana in Canada could create a $10 billion a year industry, according to a new report released by CIBC World Markets. Using Colorado’s legalization experience as a financial model, economists say Canada’s marijuana market could become much larger than earlier predictions of $3 billion annually.

The RCMP have released a video in an effort to track down a Moncton woman wanted for first-degree murder and arson. In the video, RCMP re-iterate that 20-year-old Marissa Shephard is known to change her looks, and asks the public to closely examine photos of her that are on social media.

A Guadalupe fur seal that was rescued from the southwest coast of Vancouver Island, more than 2,000 kilometres from its habitat, has died. It was rescued from a beach in Pacific Rim National Park Reserve last Thursday.

A new international survey of doctors finds that patients still have a tough time getting timely access to care in Canada, which ranks below eight other industrialized countries. The country ranks below average in 19 out of 28 areas measured in total, but at the same time shows some signs of improvement. Initial survey results released in December 2015 revealed …

Several Canadian airlines, including WestJet and Air Canada, say they will let travellers change bookings or get a refund if they want to cancel their flights because of concerns over the Zika virus outbreak. The airlines announced changes to their cancellation policies on Thursday, following similar announcements by United Airlines and American Airlines in the U.S.

Susan Jordan, principal of Amy Beverland for 22 years, died at the scene after the bus struck her and two 10-year-old students. Witnesses said Susan Jordan managed to push several children out of harm’s way before she was hit. Two 10-year-old students have been hospitalised with serious but non-life threatening injures.

Florida Woman Wakes to Find Exotic Kinkajou Caressing Her Face. A woman got quite the scare Tuesday when an exotic animal, a kinkajou, woke her in the middle of the night. “This 99-year-old woman is sound asleep, she feels something, she wakes up and this kinkajou — this furry, big animal — is curled up asleep on her chest,” Dr. …

Mattel announced Thursday that Barbie dolls are now available in three different body types and a variety of skin tones and hairstyles. Some 57 years after the impossibly busty and narrow-waisted blue-eyed Barbie doll was first introduced, California-based toy maker Mattel on Thursday released the new models, which it says better reflect a changing world.

People are more at risk of schizophrenia if they inherit genes that lead to excessive loss of healthy brain synapses during adolescence, a major US study suggests. Schizophrenia is known to have a genetic component but the research, published online in Nature on Wednesday, links the disease with specific gene variants and a biological process called synaptic pruning – the …

On Wednesday morning, Florida doctor Anjali Ramkissoon appeared on “Good Morning America,” where she apologized for attacking an Uber driver last week. The video, posted Jan. 19, shows Anjali Ramkissoon punching the driver in the head and berating him with obscenity-laden insults, before frantically entering his car and dumping all his belongings into the street.