A 40-year-old Bradford man has been charged after an 82-year-old woman with Alzheimer’s was struck and killed on Highway 400 in Vaughan early Thursday. The suspect turned himself in and his vehicle was seized, the OPP said.

Health officials have announced that a new gene is being linked to a major risk in breast cancer. The study was released in this week’s New England Journal of Medicine and it highlights the PALB2 gene and how it makes breast cancer nine times more likely to develop. During the study, scientists looked at about 362 women in families that …

A Calgary hospital has decided to allow families to be present during resuscitation attempts, amid growing evidence that relatives benefit by being allowed to witness what may be the last moments of their loved one’s life — and concerns of the conflicts that could inevitably rise.

To better understand problems during pregnancies at present, we should consider experiences of our ancestors, a new research has suggested. The study involving four generations of rats, showed that inherited epigenetic effects of stress could affect pregnancies for generations.

A fisheries biologist is recovering at the QEII Hospital after being attacked by a cougar late Tuesday evening in the Nose Mountain area, about 100 kilometres southwest of Grande Prairie.

Bret Michaels covers Lionel Richie’s 1981 US chart-topper with Diana Ross, “Endless Love”, in new viral video to promote Nissan that has been billed as “Tough Love”.

The death of Dundee woman Jennifer Huston has been ruled a suicide. The search for Huston, a married mother of two young boys who was last seen July 24, garnered attention across the country.

Thousands of fish were discovered dead in Langley City’s Brydon Lagoon over the long weekend. It was the worst fish kill ever recorded at the 29-year-old lagoon.

A Canadian mom’s embarrassing day at the beach has turned into a growing movement. Tanis Jex-Blake says she was recently taunted at the beach for wearing a bikini that showed stretch marks on her stomach. Jex-Blake posted online about how it hurt her self-esteem. Days later, dozens of moms put on their own bikinis to prove a point.

The unique eye structure of deep-sea bioluminescent sharks helps them survive in the twilight zone, a study has found. Detailed mapping of the eye structure of five species of bioluminescent sharks reveals they have a higher rod densities than other sharks, report a team of international researchers in the journal PLOS ONE.

Older adults with too little vitamin D in their blood may have twice the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease as seniors with sufficient levels of the “sunshine vitamin,” a new study finds.