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Texas low will bring mix of rain and snow to Maritimes Thursday and Friday

A Texas low will bring a mix of precipitation into the Maritimes Thursday night into Friday morning.

A pedestrian makes their way through a snowstorm in Halifax on Tuesday, January 31, 2023. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese)

Patients involved in N.S. mass shooting among those caught up in major privacy breach

Nova Scotia Health is under the microscope after eight employees were found snooping into medical records. The privacy breaches involve the electronic health records of people associated with the April 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia, among others.

The Nova Scotia Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner is seen in Halifax on Feb. 8, 2023. (Jon MacInnis/CTV Atlantic)

Health-care care package: Maritime provinces still digesting details of Ottawa's funding announcement

The number-crunching continues a day after the premiers sat-down with the prime minister to talk about health-care funding.

The federal health-care package offered Tuesday was big, however, not as big as provincial leaders were hoping, and debate is already heating-up about how to spend it.

Crown alleges former Halifax medical student dismembered body of fellow student

There was drama in a Halifax courtroom Wednesday as a Crown prosecutor tried to poke holes in the alibi of a former medical student who is claiming self-defence in the shooting death of another student during a drug deal.

Former supply teacher charged with sexual assault after alleged incident at N.B. school; RCMP seek other possible victims

Police say a man from Moncton, N.B., who was previously charged for allegedly videotaping children at pools in Fredericton is now facing sex charges after an alleged incident at a school where he was a supply teacher.

Doctors, nurses say health-care funds should address staffing shortages, primary care

Groups representing nurses and doctors are welcoming the federal government's health-care funding proposal but say some of the increase must be used to bolster staffing and improve primary care in a system where there is accountability in how the cash is spent.

Damages from cold snap cancel classes, medical services in Nova Scotia

There were no students inside Sydney Academy on Wednesday, instead, the school was filled with workers from a local restoration company.

Horizon Health changes some COVID-19 protocols from its facilities

New Brunswick's Horizon Health Network has made some changes when it comes to COVID-19 protocols, according to a memo obtained by CTV News.

New Brunswick health officials optimistic with Ottawa's health-care offer

New Brunswick health officials are weighing in on the federal government’s proposed plan to improve and stabilize health care across the country.

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New one-and-done therapy can help curb severe COVID-19 infection: Canadian-led study

A Canadian-led study of a new potential antiviral therapy shows a single dose can help cut the risk of hospitalization and death from COVID-19.

A health-care worker tests a woman at a pop-up COVID-19 assessment centre in Toronto, May 19, 2021.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

Are video games good for kids' brains or bad for them? New research suggests the answer is 'neither'

A small new study has found that neither the frequency of daily gaming reported by pre-teen children nor the specific video game genres they chose to play were linked with their performance on a standardized cognitive tests.

Canada deploys military assessment team to Turkiye after earthquake

Canada deployed a disaster assessment team to Turkey on Wednesday in the wake of a devastating earthquake that's killed thousands, as the federal government faced criticism that the window to help with rescue efforts was closing.

'It was a nightmare': 2 children dead, driver charged after city bus crashes into Laval daycare

A man has been arrested and two children are dead after a driver crashed a city bus into a daycare in Laval, Que. Wednesday morning. The deadly crash sent multiple children to area hospitals and parents scrambling to find their kids shortly after they dropped them off for the day at the Garderie éducative Sainte-Rose, north of Montreal.

Alphabet shares dive after Google AI chatbot Bard flubs answer in ad

Alphabet Inc. lost US$100 billion in market value on Wednesday after its new chatbot shared inaccurate information in a promotional video and a company event failed to dazzle, feeding worries that the Google parent is losing ground to rival Microsoft.