Tag Archives: Health
B.C. signs $670-million pharmacare agreement with federal government
VICTORIA - The British Columbia and federal governments have signed a four-year, $670-million pharmacare agreement, giving universal access to contraceptive and diabetes medications. The plan will sup...
Mar 06, 2025
Ottawa, plaintiffs agree to settle lawsuit over 'Indian hospitals'
OTTAWA - A crowd of survivors of so-called "Indian hospitals" gathered on Parliament Hill Thursday to hear the federal government say what they've been waiting years to hear: We believe you. Ottawa an...
Mar 06, 2025
Ottawa pauses preventive health task force amid review over breast cancer screening recommendations
TORONTO - Federal Health Minister Mark Holland announced Tuesday he is temporarily suspending the work of the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care, which has come under fire for not recommend...
Mar 04, 2025
Alberta hires former Manitoba chief judge to investigate health spending scandal
EDMONTON - The Alberta government has hired a former head of Manitoba's provincial court to investigate allegations of high-level arm-twisting in lucrative government contracts. The government said Mo...
Mar 03, 2025
CRTC delays implementation of next-generation 911 service for two years
OTTAWA - Next-generation 911 service - which would allow Canadians to send texts or video to summon help - won't be implemented for another two years. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunicati...
Mar 03, 2025
Nurses, midwives can help treat depression during pregnancy and new motherhood: study
TORONTO - Nurses, midwives and doulas can treat depression and anxiety symptoms experienced during pregnancy and after delivery, a new study says. The clinical trial, published Monday in the journal N...
Mar 03, 2025
Disrupting the Peace: On a B.C. ranch, fracking earthquakes rattle a way of life
Bo Hedges' parents have lived on their ranch north of Fort St. John, B.C., for close to 50 years, running the Dead Horse Creek Cattle Company on the property where a natural spring bubbles up near the...
Mar 02, 2025
Strychnine reauthorization unlikely despite push to control growing gopher issue, expert says
With Richardson's ground squirrel (gopher) population soaring and wreaking havoc on crops and pastures, the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM) issued a statement on Wednesday to u...
Feb 27, 2025
Manitoba becomes first province to join national pharmacare program with $219M deal
OTTAWA - Manitoba became the first province to officially join Ottawa's pharmacare program on Thursday, giving it access to federal funding to cover the cost of birth control and diabetes medications ...
Feb 27, 2025
Donations needed at Miwasin Kikinaw
A local Battlefords shelter is in great need of donations. "We have been busy," said Pearl Little, assistant co-ordinator of Miwasin Kikinaw. "Especially during the cold snap we had and we needed mitt...
Feb 26, 2025