Tag Archives: Health
As pharmacare deadline looms, Singh mulls a future without NDP's deal with Liberals
OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is mulling what it would mean if the supply-and-confidence deal that ties his party to the Liberals should end prematurely. The deal is poised to fall apart if the pa...
Feb 13, 2024
One person taken to hospital after cougar attack in Banff National Park
LAKE LOUISE, Alta. - A cougar attack in a popular wilderness area of Banff National Park has left one person with minor injuries. EMS crews responded to the Rockbound Lake trailhead around 11 a.m. on ...
Feb 13, 2024
B.C. and Ottawa announce $733M in federal health funding for province's seniors
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's seniors advocate welcomes newly announced federal funding for seniors' health care, and says she's particularly excited about the promise to support seniors at home. Iso...
Feb 12, 2024
Melfort plays host to med students and residents
A group of medical students has had a chance to experience health care in Melfort.The 45 students stopped by the city Feb. 10 as part of the Saskatchewan Medical Association's (SMA) Roadmap Program, w...
Feb 12, 2024
Tory MP says he'll apologize to First Nation for 'grossly disrespectful' comments
OTTAWA - A Conservative MP says he'll apologize after facing demands that he retract comments he made last week about First Nations burning down water treatment plants because they're frustrated with ...
Feb 12, 2024
LLRIB celebrates court ruling on child and family welfare services
The Lac La Ronge Indian Band (LLRIB) supports the Supreme Court of Canada's recent decision upholding the governance of First Nations over child and family welfare services. Band leadership believes i...
Feb 12, 2024
Opioid 25 times more powerful than fentanyl detected in Quebec City region
MONTREAL - A synthetic opioid 25 times more powerful than fentanyl has made its way to the Quebec City region, where public health officials reported Saturday they have detected the dangerous compound...
Feb 10, 2024
New payment model sees 16.5% jump in B.C. family doctors, but more needed: minister
VANCOUVER - Health Minister Adrian Dix says the number of family doctors in British Columbia is increasing, but there are still almost 900,000 people without a primary care provider. He says the New D...
Feb 09, 2024
Federal government signs $3.1-billion health accord deal with Ontario
Ontario will spend $3.1 billion in federal health-care funding on increasing access to family doctors, reducing backlogs and adding more health-care workers, the premier and the prime minister announc...
Feb 09, 2024
Wahpeton Dakota Nation celebrates opening of new on-reserve building for child and family services
A first-of-its kind home for child and family services (CFS), is now officially open at Wahpeton Dakota Nation, north of Prince Albert. Thursday's ribbon-cutting ceremony for QBOW's new sub-office, ma...
Feb 08, 2024