Health experts call on governments to address rising rate of obesity
Open this photo in gallery: A man prepares a shot of Ozempic. Almost 70 per cent of adults…
Public spending on prescriptions rises to $20.1-billion in 2024 as use of Ozempic grows
Public spending on prescription medications in Canada grew by more than 9 per cent in 2024, with one…
Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan earns 6.7% return, marks down private equity and real estate assets
Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan earned a 6.7-per-cent return in 2025 but missed its internal benchmark for performance by…
AI is practising medicine without a licence
Open this photo in gallery: OpenAI launched ChatGPT Health in January and claims that more than 230 million…
Canada must remember that the future is electricity, not fossil fuels
Kevin Thomas is chief executive officer of the Shareholder Association for Research & Education, which recently released the…
Janet Bannister bucks tough venture-capital trend, raising $50-million for early-stage fund
Open this photo in gallery: Janet Bannister, managing partner at Staircase Ventures, in her Toronto home.Fred Lum/the Globe…
Is the $1.7-million retirement savings target a ‘meaningless’ number?
Open this photo in gallery: Visual Generation/iStockPhoto / Getty Images A recent survey from BMO found that Canadians…
Ultraprocessed foods may play a role in children’s behavioural development, Canadian study suggests
Open this photo in gallery: Dr. Kozeta Miliku, an assistant professor at the University of Toronto, in June,…
Elon Musk issues one-word response after Lewis Hamilton called for Africa ‘to take land back’
Elon Musk has offered a characteristically enigmatic response to Lewis Hamilton’s impassioned plea for African nations to wrest…
Inside mysterious 29-storey windowless New York building with ‘dark secret’
In New York City there is a skyscraper which stands as a gigantic block of concrete, a windowless…
City Council presses Mamdani administration for ‘clear information’ on mental health 911 calls
City Council members clashed with the Mamdani administration over the limited scope of information released on mental health…
Ottawa announces more than $100-million in funding for electricity push in Western Canada
Open this photo in gallery: Federal backing for electricity transmission projects is aimed at boosting access to potential…