Tag Archives: Health

WINNIPEG - Jeremy Skibicki killed four women and knew it was wrong but did it because he was under a psychotic delusion that he was on a mission from God, a Winnipeg murder trial has heard. Dr. Sohom ...

OTTAWA - The owners of a Sarnia, Ont., plastics plant that has been emitting dangerous levels of the cancer-causing chemical benzene for years say they need more time to comply with tougher federal ru...

The Nipawin Heliport project is one step closer to reality, after the Twin Lakes District Planning Commission (TLDPC) invited local contractors to bid on its construction. The tender will include a ma...

Several local airports are receiving grant money for repairs thanks to the Ministry of Highways' Community Airport Partnership (CAP) program. Twelve community airport projects will receive nearly $890...

OTTAWA - Months before British Columbia sought to scale back its drug decriminalization pilot project, the federal government's own polling suggested to officials that a majority of Canadians believed...

Several cancer experts, surgeons and radiologists swiftly condemned a national task force's draft decision not to lower the recommended routine breast cancer screening age to 40 on Thursday. The criti...

OTTAWA - A massive new Toronto vaccine factory, tasked with making flu shots and preparing for the next pandemic, won't start producing shots until 2027 - as much as a year later than the company init...

The Government of Saskatchewan and Ahtahkakoop Cree Developments (ACD) put pen to paper on Thursday, signing an interim development agreement to help bring a new Urgent Care Centre (UCC) one step clos...

REGINA - A lawyer for the truck driver who caused the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash says families of the victims have no standing to seek compensation in an ongoing lawsuit. Court arguments are be...

OTTAWA - The federal health minister needs new powers to unilaterally take dangerous products off the shelves if they're hurting people and not being used as intended, Mark Holland said Wednesday. He ...