Tag Archives: Health
Focus on vulnerable communities, improve data sharing before next pandemic: report
TORONTO - Canada needs to learn from the COVID-19 pandemic and take action before the next health emergency strikes, an expert panel of doctors and researchers say in a new independent report. "Most s...
Oct 16, 2024
NDP’s Carla Beck promises 800 health-care workers, improved conditions
REGINA - Saskatchewan New Democratic Leader Carla Beck says she would hire 800 new front-line health-care workers over four years if her party wins the election on Oct. 28.Beck says those positions wo...
Oct 15, 2024
Vet tranquillizer increases overdose deaths in Yukon, health minister says
WHITEHORSE - The Yukon government says its coroner's service is investigating six suspected toxic drug deaths between Sept. 23 and Oct. 4. A statement from the health minister says four of the deaths ...
Oct 11, 2024
Minister says not enough beds for compulsory care for addictions across the country
OTTAWA - Provinces and territories need to do more to expand and improve their treatment services for people suffering from addictions and mental health conditions before they contemplate whether to m...
Oct 11, 2024
Trudeau touts 'real progress' on pharmacare, calls on premiers to start cutting deals
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday provinces and territories need to start negotiating pharmacare deals as soon as possible, a day after legislation to enact the program received royal...
Oct 11, 2024
'A celebration': SpectreFest '24 to raise money for Crohn's Colitis Canada
Growing up around the Battlefords area, Mike Vany remembers his older brother Jason was the fiscally responsible one of the three. Taking care to save his money from mowing lawns or from another early...
Oct 10, 2024
Poilievre supports mandatory drug, psychiatric treatment for kids, prisoners
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is in favour of mandatory, involuntary drug and psychiatric treatment for kids and prisoners who are found to be incapable of making decisions for themsel...
Oct 10, 2024
Rustad changes story after BC Coroners Service says no record of fatal overdose
VANCOUVER - B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad has changed his story about seeing a man die of a drug overdose on his way to a televised election debate, after the BC Coroners Service said it had no...
Oct 09, 2024
Canada adds $15M to aid for Lebanon and will match $6M in donations
OTTAWA - Canada is adding another $15 million to its humanitarian aid package for Lebanon after an escalation in the conflict between Israel and the Lebanon-based militant group Hezbollah. Internation...
Oct 09, 2024
Higher rates of mental disorders, suicidal thoughts among transgender people: study
TORONTO - Serious mental health disorders and thoughts of suicide are more prevalent among people who are transgender or gender diverse in Canada, researchers say. Their study published recently in th...
Oct 09, 2024