Tag Archives: Health
What you need to know about measles as cases rise, along with misinformation worries
Public health officials are encouraging parents to ensure their children get routine childhood vaccines as measles continues to spread around the world. Here are some facts about one of the most conta...
Mar 15, 2024
Suspect in B.C. triple stabbing has history of 'sudden' violence: review board
COQUITLAM, B.C. - The man accused of stabbing three people at a festival in Vancouver's Chinatown had a history of "sudden" violence but a report says he showed no signs of deteriorating mental health...
Mar 14, 2024
B.C. law to recover health costs from companies behind harmful products: AG Sharma
VICTORIA - British Columbia introduced proposed legislation Thursday that would allow it to sue for health-related costs over damages by companies like social-media giants and energy drink manufacture...
Mar 14, 2024
Five types of Insignia air fryers recalled due to potential fire risk
Health Canada and Best Buy are recalling five types of Insignia-brand air fryers because they are a potential fire or burn hazard. There have been six reports in Canada of the air fryer's handles melt...
Mar 14, 2024
Supreme Court will not hear appeal from churches who fought Manitoba COVID rules
WINNIPEG - The Supreme Court of Canada has decided not to hear an appeal by several churches that fought Manitoba's COVID-19 restrictions. Lawyers for the churches argued public health orders in 2020 ...
Mar 14, 2024
Cost of travel nurses is ballooning in Saskatchewan, NDP says
The Opposition NDP says Saskatchewan's reliance on contract nurses is getting "quite costly," which the NDP says is another sign of a failing health-care system.On Wednesday, NDP Health Critic Vicki M...
Mar 14, 2024
'Stay with us': Quebec coroner's inquest in officer's death hears from colleagues
MONTREAL - Officers who were involved in the operation last March that resulted in the deaths of a Quebec provincial police sergeant and her killer offered emotional testimony Wednesday about how the ...
Mar 13, 2024
'We are barely hanging on by a thread': Sask. health care union holds rally in Prince Albert
Carrying signs that called on the employer to boost wages and amplifying their call for help with the use of a megaphone, members of a Saskatchewan health care union made some noise on Tuesday outside...
Mar 12, 2024
No evidence of widespread diversion of B.C. safe-supply drugs, say Farnworth and RCMP
There is no evidence of widespread diversion of safe-supply drugs, British Columbia's solicitor general and the RCMP said Monday, after Federal Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre and Alberta Premier D...
Mar 11, 2024
Cop killed: Quebec officer says lack of info sharing between police, health workers
MONTREAL - A Quebec provincial police officer told a coroner's inquest on Monday that there isn't enough collaboration between police and the mental health system on matters of public safety. Charles ...
Mar 11, 2024