Tag Archives: Health
B.C. addictions minister allowed to respond to decriminalization court challenge
VANCOUVER - Canada's Federal Court has agreed with British Columbia's minister of mental health and addictions that she should be a respondent to a court challenge against the province's decision to d...
Aug 22, 2024
Health minister puts nicotine pouches behind the counter, bans flavours
OTTAWA - Health Canada-approved nicotine pouches will only be available behind pharmacy counters starting next week, as part of Health Minister Mark Holland's promised crackdown on the sale of new nic...
Aug 22, 2024
'Gut wrenching' report: B.C. First Nations life expectancy plunges by six years
VANCOUVER - Life expectancy for British Columbia's First Nations people has dropped by more than six years since 2017, says a report tracking Indigenous health issues. The report from the province's F...
Aug 21, 2024
Multiple Jewish organizations, hospitals across Canada receive identical bomb threats
OTTAWA - More than 100 synagogues, Jewish organizations and doctors in multiple cities across the country were on high alert Wednesday after they received the same threatening email. RCMP confirmed th...
Aug 21, 2024
People with disabilities twice as likely to have food insecurity, StatCan report says
People with disabilities are twice as likely to live in food insecure households than those without disabilities, a new Statistics Canada report says. The report, published on Wednesday, used data fro...
Aug 21, 2024
Province announces mandatory game testing this hunting season
The Government of Saskatchewan has announced that mandatory game testing will be conducted in specific wildlife management zones (WMZ) during the upcoming hunting season due to the discovery of tuberc...
Aug 21, 2024
Melfort Food Bank in dire need of cash infusion as usage and costs increase
The Melfort Food Bank is busier than ever and in urgent need of financial support. Secretary Ellen Zuck told northeastNOW the number of people using the food bank has increased by about 60 per cent ov...
Aug 20, 2024
NDP MLAs concerned with staffing, housing requirements for new long-term care home
NDP MLAs Jared Clarke and Vicki Mowat were in La Ronge for three days last week as part of a provincial health care tour. The goal of their visit was to see different health care facilities that exist...
Aug 19, 2024
Canada's assisted-dying law faces constitutional fight for excluding mental disorder
OTTAWA - A man who says he suffers from chronic and worsening mental health issues is among those launching a court challenge of the federal government's assisted dying law, which excludes people suff...
Aug 19, 2024
Joly announces $1M to help stem mpox in Africa as Liberals craft continental plan
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly says Canada will provide $1 million to help stem mpox in Africa as her government assembles a long-delayed plan on how to engage with the continent. The f...
Aug 19, 2024