Health

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A proposal to ensure access to contraceptives cleared the Democratic majority Pennsylvania House on Tuesday, drawing dozens of Republican votes but facing an uncertain future in the GOP-controlled state Senate.

MONTREAL — Quebec's chief coroner has called an inquest into the death of a quadriplegic man who had requested and received medical assistance in dying after developing severe bedsores during a hospital stay.

KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — A days-long intense heat wave has disrupted normal life in Pakistan, especially in its largest city, Karachi, where doctors treated thousands of victims of heatstroke at various hospitals, health officials said Tuesday.

MONCTON, N.B. — Organigram Holdings Inc. says it has taken a minority stake in European cannabis company Sanity Group through a $21 million investment. Moncton-based pot producer Organigram says it may eventually advance another $4.

Everyone loves a deal, but many Canadians either forget or don't realize they can find discounts through their workplace.

One person has died and scores more remain hospitalized in Russia in an outbreak of botulism that spans several Russian regions, the authorities have reported.

The Canadian Press has spent the past month interviewing some of Canada's more than 11,000 centenarians and their families. These are some of their stories.

VANCOUVER — Vi Roden said she reads an average of 50 books a year, attends history lectures at her local seniors centre, and does yoga twice a week. She's 101, and still lives in her own condo in West Vancouver, B.C.

OTTAWA — Her kids are not reading the newspapers on her kitchen counter. Instead, they're looking at their phones to find information.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas Supreme Court on Monday reinstated an agency rule prohibiting residents from using “X” instead of male or female on state-issued driver’s licenses or identification cards.