Tag Archives: Health
West Ham says veteran Canadian defender Shelina Zadorsky undergoes ankle surgery
LONDON - Canadian international defender Shelina Zadorsky has undergone ankle surgery, according to West Ham. The London club said the 33-year-old from Kitchener, Ont., sustained the injury in trainin...
11h ago
Prince Albert agencies say online video of man lying in the snow shows need for community supports
While the investigation continues into an online video that shows a man found lying face down in the snow near Prince Albert's Victoria Hospital, the incident has also sparked a conversation related t...
12h ago
'It can happen to any of us': Nipawin Oasis Centre, Melfort's Marguerite Riel Centre helping those in need this winter
The weather is once again turning cold, and many residents in the northeast need supports to help them make it through the conditions. The Nipawin Oasis Centre and Marguerite Riel Centre in Melfort bo...
14h ago
COVID shot reduces risk of severe illness, premature birth in pregnancy, study says
TORONTO - A new study says the COVID-19 vaccine protects pregnant women from getting severely ill or giving birth prematurely. Researchers with the Canadian Surveillance of COVID-19 in Pregnancy (CANC...
18h ago
3 children died from flu complications this month in Ottawa area: health units
Ottawa's top doctor says the death of three children in the region over the past two weeks from influenza-related complications is unusual and could signify a difficult flu season ahead. Ottawa and Ea...
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There's a happiness gap between young people in Quebec and in the rest of Canada
MONTREAL - Joshua Bujold, an upbeat psychology student in his first semester at Montreal's Dawson College, was taken aback to find out that happiness among young Canadians has plunged. Outside Quebec,...
Dec 15, 2025
Canadian Blood Services reducing reliance on U.S. for life-changing plasma drugs
TORONTO - For years, Stphane Cliche was a healthy avid athlete, but he kept getting sinus and respiratory infections and doctors couldn't figure out why. It wasn't until he was diagnosed with non-Hodg...
Dec 15, 2025
Young Canadians tell of their generations' challenges and hopes
The Canadian Press has been speaking with young people across the country about challenges facing their generation - and ways they continue to find joy. 'YOU'RE HUMAN AND YOU FEEL THINGS' Violet Rode,...
Dec 15, 2025
How did Canada's young people become its unhappiest generation?
VANCOUVER - As a teen growing up in Toronto, Bhavik Sharma imagined what life would look like at 25. He and his high school friends would be starting families. They'd be on six-figure salaries and liv...
Dec 15, 2025
New child psychiatrist coming to Prince Albert in the spring
Child and youth psychiatrist services in Prince Albert seem to be on the rebound. The SHA confirmed yesterday that a new psychiatrist will begin work in March 2026, more than doubling the in-person se...
Dec 13, 2025