| New York playground promotes jail: residents Complaints have prompted New York City's public housing authority to change some playground equipment made to resemble a jail. cbc.ca |
Health Canada warns of garage sale hazards With warmer weather on its way, garage sale signs are sprouting faster than dandelions, but Health Canada is warning consumers that some second-hand items might not be much of a bargain. cbc.ca |
Stricter drug safety needed: Ont. coroner's jury Drug safety in Canada needs an arm's-length body that receives no money from pharmaceutical companies to regulate medications, an Ontario coroner's inquest says. cbc.ca |
Home DNA tests make 'unrealistic claims:' MDs Consumers need to be protected from home genetic tests that are sold online and make unrealistic claims, doctors say the New England Journal of Medicine. cbc.ca |
Animals suffered despite inspections A case of animal cruelty involving an online pet store owner in P.E.I. has raised questions about how closely the business was monitored by provincial inspectors. cbc.ca |