Tag Archives: Health
Baby Gourmet Foods recalls organic baby cereal over possible bacteria contamination
CALGARY - A brand of baby cereal is being pulled from all in-store and online retailers in Canada due to possible Cronobacter contamination. Calgary-based Baby Gourmet Foods has issued a product recal...
Jul 21, 2024
Canada's airports, hospitals begin returning to normal after global IT outage
MONTREAL - Airports, hospitals and police services across Canada continued their gradual return to normal operations on Saturday as they recovered from a global technology outage caused by a defective...
Jul 20, 2024
In Montreal, services for the vulnerable trigger backlash, but no easy solutions
MONTREAL - Officials in Montreal are struggling to get the public on board with the city's approach to treating people with severe addiction and homelessness, as those social crises become fodder for ...
Jul 20, 2024
Melfort native named department head at University of Saskatchewan
The newest department head at the University of Saskatchewan is originally from Melfort. Dr. Linda Chelico was introduced as the new head of the College of Medicine's Department of Biochemistry, Micro...
Jul 19, 2024
OHS violation costs Village of Laird $150,000
The Village of Laird will pay $150,000 in fines after a worker was seriously injured after being ejected from the seat of lawn mower and became pinned underneath it. The incident happened on July 19, ...
Jul 19, 2024
Shelter pups looking to beat the heat; volunteers needed
As residents in the Battlefords are once again trying to find ways to beat the heat with the latest hot spell, dogs with names like Stubbs, Batty Koda and Charles B. Barkin need to cool off too."We ha...
Jul 18, 2024
Accused in Coutts blockade trial feared food shortages, questioned COVID-19 vaccine
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - One of two men accused of conspiring to kill police at the border blockade at Coutts, Alta., says he was worried about government overreach, food shortages and the COVID-19 vaccine...
Jul 18, 2024
Listeria can make you sick up to two months after you consume it, experts say
TORONTO - Listeria can make people sick up to two months after they eat or drink contaminated products, which can pose a challenge in identifying the source of illness quickly, experts say. Two people...
Jul 18, 2024
Years after Insite ruling, drug policy landscape is still being shaped in B.C.
VANCOUVER - In 2021, the Vancouver-based Drug User Liberation Front approached Health Canada with a proposal. It wanted permission to buy heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine on the dark web, before ha...
Jul 18, 2024
What is listeriosis, the illness recently linked to a recall of plant-based milks?
Two people have died and several others are sick with listeriosis in an outbreak that triggered a national recall of certain plant-based milk. WHAT IS LISTERIA? The Listeria bacterium is found in soil...
Jul 17, 2024