Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Liberal Party leader Stephane Dion courted Canadian voters Monday by offering financial incentives. Harper, leader of the Conservative Party, offered first time homeowners a $5,000 tax credit, while Dion proposed a $900 million fund over four years to help cover the medication cost of Canadians suffering from chronic ailments.

The $5,000 tax credit could be used to settle land transfer taxes, inspection fees, appraisal fees and legal fees which typically adds 1.5 to 4 percent of the final purchase price

Toronto Transit Commission officials will announce Friday a new job requirement for employees of the transport company under its fitness for duty policy. All TTC workers will be made to take and pass drug and alcohol tests.

The new policy, reported by the Globe and Mail, was an offshoot of an investigation that a maintenance crew died on the job in 2007 while high on marijuana and after a bus operator was recently fired for drunk driving

Researchers have found that sex may be mostly in a person's head.

A new study finds that most cervical cancer survivors report satisfying sex lives, which challenges the public perceptions on what role hormones play in sexual activity. That's because surgical intervention usually reduces, or eliminates, a key hormone involved in female sexuality

More active duty soldiers committed suicide as of the end of August, with confirmed cases hitting 62 and another 31 deaths under investigation.

Because of this alarming trend, Army officials called on military leaders at all levels to increase prevention efforts to stop more suicides as the strain of serving in two wars negatively affect American soldiers

Health care will continue to hurt the pockets of Americans. Consulting firm Mercer, in a study, forecasts a 5.7 percent rise in health care cost in 2009. The increase follows 2007's 6.1 percent hike in health care and this year's estimated 5.7 percent increase.

Mercer pointed out that while the rate of increase is smaller compared to double-digit growth the past years prior to 2005, it is accelerating faster than inflation rate or salary adjustments