Tag Archives: Health
Don't wait to act on opioid deaths, coroner warns in report on Quebec teen's death
MONTREAL - The 2023 death of a Quebec teen who was poisoned from a synthetic opioid should raise alarm bells for authorities to do more to prevent similar tragedies, says a coroner's report released t...
Jan 31, 2025
Calls for major changes to landmark tobacco settlement too late: Imperial Tobacco
TORONTO - Imperial Tobacco is rejecting what it says are major changes to a landmark $32.5-billion settlement that would see it and two other tobacco companies compensate provinces, territories and ex...
Jan 30, 2025
Fredericton MP Jenica Atwin says online hate helped push her out of federal politics
FREDERICTON - Jenica Atwin is leaving federal politics for the "time being" in part because of the online hate she receives, saying the level of toxicity she's had to face has been surprising. The Fre...
Jan 30, 2025
Health minister calls on NDP to give Liberals more time to sign pharmacare deals
OTTAWA - Health Minister Mark Holland is calling on the federal NDP to give the Liberal government more time in power to sign bilateral deals on pharmacare. "I would put it back to (NDP Leader) Jagmee...
Jan 30, 2025
'A lifeline': NDP call on Sask., government to do better amid healthcare service disruptions
Kristine Weisbeck was in active heart failure in the days that followed the birth of her third child in Saskatoon in the fall of 2020 and she had some hemorrhaging. Once she had stabilized, she went h...
Jan 29, 2025
Canada’s top doctor concerned about measles outbreaks in Ontario, Quebec
Canada's top doctor says she is concerned about measles outbreaks with a growing number of cases acquired locally and spreading in Ontario and Quebec. Dr. Theresa Tam says the majority of recent infec...
Jan 29, 2025
Animal rescue partners with LLRIB, Waterhen Lake
Residents of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band and Waterhen Lake First Nation will have further support when it comes to aggressive, stray or at-large dogs in their communities. That's thanks to a new part...
Jan 29, 2025
Armed patient allegedly injures three hospital staff in Halifax emergency room
HALIFAX - Three hospital employees were injured in what Nova Scotia's health minister says was an armed assault by a patient Wednesday afternoon at the Halifax Infirmary emergency department. Halifax ...
Jan 29, 2025
"Its about trying': 2000 push-up challenge to tackle mental health issues in Battlefords
According to the the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA), approximately 2,000 people take their own lives across the world daily.In light of the ongoing mental health crisis, in February, the CM...
Jan 29, 2025
NDP urges action on pharmacare, dental care as health ministers meet in Halifax
OTTAWA - The federal New Democrats are urging the Liberal government to move quickly to complete expansion of the dental care program and start signing deals with the provinces and territories to begi...
Jan 29, 2025