Pregnant women are being warned of the risks associated with cannabis consumption. Doctors say it could affect the baby's brain development.

The rules around promotion and marketing are strict and Health Canada is keeping a close eye on how cannabis producers are talking about their products, but some cannabis producers are unclear as to what is truly allowed.

The annual ice melt in Canada's North is occurring earlier and earlier, and some researchers say that and other climate-related changes are affecting the mental health of populations in Inuit communities. CBC's Sabrina Fabian reports from Rigolet, Labrador.

Family medicine residents at Dalhousie University's medical school are being taught how to safely prescribe opioids to help prevent patients from becoming addicted.

Health-care professionals in Canada are worried more children will fall victim to accidental cannabis poisoning after the drug is legalized, and are bracing for more emergency department visits and calls to poison control centres.

Distracted driving researchers have developed a new app that allows anyone to stand on the side of the road and log all those who are texting, eating or yapping on their phones while behind the wheel.

Two novice documentary filmmakers are hoping to spread the word about the Halifax School for the Deaf and its students who miraculously all survived the Halifax Explosion in December 1917.