TORONTO - With cold and flu season starting, parents of young children can expect to face plenty of runny noses, bleary eyes and persistent coughs ove...

OTTAWA - A new report says cancer and heart disease were responsible for just over half of Canada's 238,617 deaths in 2008.And Statistics Canada repor...

A dizzying array of research suggests alcohol can have both good and bad effects, but making sense of such studies all comes down to who y...

November marks the start of the official holiday shopping season, and as much as people may groan about it starting too soon, they also appreciate all...

A summer camp north of Toronto has been accused of having children play games involving inappropriate acts in order to get treats, the Toronto Star re...

We've all read the articles and heard the tales -- when people fall in love and settle in with a partner, they tend to gain weight. So what happens...

Your kids may be well-versed in Justin Bieber and Drake, but what about Neil Young, Rush and Bryan Adams? Help them expand their music collection with...

The red poppies dotting Canadians' lapels since the beginning of November are a familiar and respectful sight nationwide. But that doesn't mean that t...

Around this time of year, the perfect storm forms at your neighbourhood multi-national coffee shop. The temperatures dip, the need for caffeine increa...

Researching a family's military history used to be a real challenge, but as more and more paper archives go digital and are transferred to...

If you're in the toy business, then this time of year is like, well, Christmas to you. After all, there's no other point in any 12-month period when e...

Dominion Carilloneur Andrea McCrady has shared a list of the music she's preparing to play before and after the Remembrance Day ceremonies...

CHICAGO - Every child in the United States should be tested for high cholesterol between ages nine and 11 so steps can be taken to prevent heart disea...

The Pill may have celebrated its 50th birthday last year, but it's not entering middle age without controversy. After all, when women weigh their birt...

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Evelyn Lauder, a member of the Estee Lauder cosmetics family who helped create the pink ribbon symbol for breast cancer awareness, ha...

Thanks to YouTube, with each passing year we've found better and funnier ways to celebrate the holidays. Some moments come from the brilliant minds at...

Texting or applying makeup while driving? Your photo may end up on Twitter. A Halifax man created an account called @hfx_driv...

Earlier this year (and for the second year in a row) Copenhagen's Noma took top honors as the world’s best restaurant....

TORONTO - When June Shin's husband was diagnosed with early-onset dementia in late 2006, she could find no resources to help her three young children ...

One Canadian company has stepped into the future a little faster than the rest of us. In the November 14 issue of Time, an employee at Ontario Powe...

Contact lens maker CooperVision is expanding its recall of the encore 100 brand lenses. The company announced Wednesday it is recalling certain lot...

Timing is everything, it is said, and that particular adage couldn't ring truer than when you're staring down the calendar at six weeks filled with ho...

When fashion photographer, David Jay discovered that one of his regular subjects was diagnosed with breast cancer at the young age of 32, he immediate...

Want to give the people on your gift list something that's on the greener side this year? You can feel good about wrapping up (in recycled paper or re...