Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's Liberal Democratic Party won 316 of 465 lower-house seats and, with 36 seats for its new ally the Japan Innovation Party, the governing coalition holds 352 seats; NHK cited preliminary vote counts.
CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz said the TrumpRx site currently lists 43 drugs and is intended to increase price transparency by publishing cash‑pay prices for people without insurance.
A Canadian mother says her infant, who was too young to be vaccinated, has had repeated respiratory and ear infections and doctors told her the measles infection weakened the child's immunity; the Pan American Health Organization has issued an alert urging stronger vaccination and surveillance across the Americas.
China's top court struck down the death sentence for Canadian Robert Schellenberg and ordered a new trial, and authorities report that Nancy Guthrie has been missing for one week while investigators examine a new message.
Dr. Ashley Sebastian's TikTok videos about opening her Brampton practice drew attention and led patients from across the Greater Toronto Area to seek appointments, and the article notes that just 2.3% of Ontario physicians identify as Black while Black people make up about 4.7% of the population.
Hamilton councillors are poised to keep city-funded blue box pickup available to businesses through the rest of 2026, after Ontario shifted recycling responsibility to a producer-run regime that removed municipal eligibility for many non-residential sites.
Canadian figure skater and McMaster student Madeline Schizas was granted an extension on a sociology assignment after she emailed her professor noting she competed at the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics and shared the exchange on Instagram.
The Coastal Wave Oracle Psychic Fair and Market will run noon to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 8, at the South Bonson Community Centre in Pitt Meadows; entry is free and a raffle will raise funds for neurodivergent children's therapy.
Supporters and Mohammadi's lawyer say a Revolutionary Court in Mashhad handed the Nobel laureate more than seven additional years in prison, plus a two-year travel ban; supporters say she began a hunger strike on Feb. 2.
Ecole La Confluence's annual maple syrup fundraiser has begun to raise money for student activities and playground improvements, and orders are due March 6.
