Tag Archives: Health
Second abandoned sea otter pup rescued in B.C. in less than a month
VANCOUVER - There's been a ruckus at the Vancouver Aquarium's animal hospital these days as two orphaned sea otter pups call out from opposite ends of the room. The patients were each abandoned near T...
Jul 17, 2024
U.S. eases border rules for dogs from Canada as Liberals try to secure exemption
OTTAWA - After much hounding by federal officials, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control is giving Canadian dogs a slightly longer leash when it comes to new rules aimed at controlling the spread of ra...
Jul 17, 2024
Just 15 per cent of Ontarians say they're affected by the ongoing LCBO strike: poll
A new poll suggests that just 15 per cent of Ontarians are personally affected by the LCBO's ongoing strike, as the provincial government expands access to alcohol at other retailers. That's despite n...
Jul 17, 2024
Quebec court orders hospital to keep woman on life support so she can die in Nigeria
MONTREAL - A Quebec court ordered a Montreal hospital in April to keep a woman on life support to give her husband the chance to arrange for her to be sent home to die in Nigeria, documents show. McGi...
Jul 16, 2024
Repeated extreme weather events linked to rise in mental health problems, trauma
FREDERICTON - Jennifer Moore was helping a neighbour on flood-prone Stannus Street, in Windsor, N.S., last week when she fell face first in waist-deep brown water in her driveway. It was the third tim...
Jul 16, 2024
Despite an industrial past, Montreal's Lachine Canal now a popular fishing spot
MONTREAL - Live music pulses through the air as Henry Leung casts a lure into the murky waters of the Lachine Canal, at a site wedged between a noisy festival and the high-rises of Montreal's Griffint...
Jul 16, 2024
'Freedom Convoy' organizer Pat King will not testify at his trial: Crown
OTTAWA - The Crown attorney in the criminal mischief trial against "Freedom Convoy" organizer Pat King says the defendant will not testify. The trial itself is also being delayed again at the request ...
Jul 15, 2024
Strange summer for B.C. politics gone wild, as alliances shift ahead of fall vote
VICTORIA - A shakeup of seismic proportions is reshaping the British Columbia political landscape a little over three months ahead of this fall's Oct. 19 election. Former political foes are forging on...
Jul 12, 2024
Federal Tory leader blasts Montreal mayor's approach to addictions, homelessness
MONTREAL - Federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is attacking the Montreal mayor's approach to severe drug addiction and homelessness, accusing her of telling Montrealers to learn to live with ...
Jul 12, 2024
B.C. premier says 'zero per cent chance' for no-prescription opioid suggestion
BURNABY, B.C. - British Columbia Premier David Eby says there's a "zero per cent chance" the province will implement recommendations by the provincial health officer that alternatives to opioids and o...
Jul 12, 2024