Tag Archives: Health
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 led by the University of British Columbia analyzed data on al...
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3 children died from flu complications this month in Ottawa area: health units
Public health says three children have died from influenza-related complications in Ottawa and eastern Ontario over the last two weeks. Ottawa and Eastern Ontario Health Unit medical officers of healt...
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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,...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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
Prince Albert doctor guilty of second sexual boundary breach
A Prince Albert doctor has been found guilty of inappropriately touching a patient he had known since she was 17 and considered a close family friend. The patient was an adult and married when Dr. Nig...
Dec 12, 2025
Exploding nitrous oxide canisters no laughing matter for garbage collection
VANCOUVER - Canisters of nitrous oxide, also known as laughing gas, sold under the guise of whip cream chargers are increasingly showing up at Metro Vancouver waste facilities, and they're causing dan...
Dec 12, 2025
PA Police investigating online video that shows man lying in the snow
Prince Albert Police are investigating videos taken late yesterday evening that shows a man in a very vulnerable state outdoors in freezing conditions.Three security guards can be seen in one of the v...
Dec 12, 2025