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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed legislation Wednesday prohibiting pharmacy benefit managers from owning or operating pharmacies, becoming the first state to enact such a restriction.

EDMONTON — Alberta's United Conservative Party has expelled its former infrastructure minister from caucus over his repeated criticism of the government's handling of the health-care contract scandal.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Whether the Wyoming Constitution enshrines abortion rights was a key subject in state Supreme Court arguments Wednesday, which also delved into whether legislators may regulate the procedure.

VICTORIA — A public health advocacy group is urging the British Columbia government to end a contract with an American company that owns LifeLabs, the province's main provider of outpatient lab services.

Donald Trump, the candidate, pledged to get “transgender insanity the hell out of our schools" and "keep men out of women’s sports.

Quebec’s ministry of health says it's on the verge of declaring its measles outbreak over, just as cases reach new heights in other parts of the country. The province says it has not recorded a new measles case since it hit 40 infections on March 18.

LONDON (AP) — In a judgment with far-reaching implications, the U.K. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a woman is someone born biologically female and that transgender women are excluded from that legal definition.

EDMONTON — Alberta is reporting six more confirmed cases of measles, bringing the province's total since the beginning of March to 83. The province says four of the new cases are in central Alberta, and the other two are in the province's south.

LONDON (AP) — Five years after COVID-19 triggered national lockdowns, economic uncertainty and killed millions , the World Health Organization’s member countries agreed on a draft “pandemic treaty” that sets guidelines for how the international commu

RICHMOND — WorkSafeBC is urging builders to take steps to prevent workers from falling on construction sites after more than 1,000 injuries were reported in the province last year.