Tag Archives: Health
Former B.C. premier John Horgan, Canada's ambassador to Germany, has cancer again
LANGFORD, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - Former British Columbia premier and Canada's ambassador to Germany John Horgan is staying positive about his health and sends healing thoughts to people battling c...
Jun 25, 2024
Quebec coroner to probe death of man who requested assisted death due to bedsores
MONTREAL - Quebec's chief coroner has called an inquest into the death of a quadriplegic man who had requested and received medical assistance in dying after developing severe bedsores during a hospit...
Jun 25, 2024
Five Canadians, with more than 500 years of stories
The Canadian Press has spent the past month interviewing some of Canada's more than 11,000 centenarians and their families. These are some of their stories. 'THEY HAD TO FLY IN DOCTORS TO NAIROBI' Bil...
Jun 25, 2024
Meet the centenarians: Canada's oldest age group is also its fastest-growing
VANCOUVER - Vi Roden said she reads an average of 50 books a year, attends history lectures at her local seniors centre, and does yoga twice a week. She's 101, and still lives in her own condo in West...
Jun 25, 2024
Ottawa keeps spending on influencers. Liberals say it's about stemming disinformation
OTTAWA - Her kids are not reading the newspapers on her kitchen counter. Instead, they're looking at their phones to find information. That's the example that Treasury Board President Anita Anand brin...
Jun 25, 2024
Tender awarded for Nipawin Heliport project
Another major hurdle has been cleared in the quest to build a heliport at the Nipawin Hospital. The Twin Lakes District Planning Commission (TLDPC) announced on Monday that CandorBuild Construction ha...
Jun 24, 2024
Conservatives avoid staking out clear position on supervised consumption sites
OTTAWA - As debate around the Liberals' drug policy dominated parts of the spring House of Commons sitting, the Conservatives are offering little insight into what approach they would take when it com...
Jun 22, 2024
B.C. launches class-action lawsuit against makers of 'forever chemicals'
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has filed a class-action lawsuit against manufacturers of so-called "forever chemicals," involved in what it calls widespread contamination of drinking-water...
Jun 21, 2024
Extreme heat deaths higher among seniors and in cities with more renters, study says
TORONTO - Deaths in Canada's 12 most populous cities go up during extreme heat waves and people aged 65 and older are at higher risk than those who are younger, says a Statistics Canada report release...
Jun 19, 2024
Health minister asks Senate to speed up so pharmacare can be launched by spring
OTTAWA - The federal health minister has asked the Senate to move as quickly as possible to pass the government's pharmacare legislation so that Canadians can start accessing medications by next sprin...
Jun 19, 2024