Tag Archives: Health
'I need a house': Belleville's drug emergency lays bare toll of wider crisis
BELLEVILLE, ONT. - As snow accumulated on the streets around him, John Green wondered where he would find warmth for the night. The 48-year-old and his partner were among those huddling this week outs...
Feb 17, 2024
All children under 18 eligible for upcoming free eye exams
All children regardless of race are eligible for free exams during a two-day visit scheduled for March.That's according to Dr. Yasmin Jindani, the lead optometrist and national co-ordinator for Indige...
Feb 16, 2024
Former inmate says changes required within the correctional system to prevent future deaths
A woman who spent nearly two years on remand at Prince Albert's Pine Grove Correctional Centre, and who was present in the institution when two inmates suffered overdoses, said big changes are require...
Feb 16, 2024
Prime minister and Manitoba premier announce $633M in health funding
WINNIPEG - Manitoba and Ottawa announced a deal Thursday to infuse $633 million into the province's health system, much of which they say will go toward hiring more front-line workers and improving ca...
Feb 15, 2024
Despite council support, VCH no longer considering contentious drug consumption site
Vancouver Coastal Health says it is no longer considering a stand-alone supervised consumption in Richmond, British Columbia. The decision was announced late Wednesday in a statement from VCH, which s...
Feb 15, 2024
Assisted-dying expansion delay not based on stereotypes around mental illness: Virani
OTTAWA - Canada's justice minister is rejecting charges that the federal government is perpetuating mental-illness stereotypes by delaying a planned expansion of medical assistance in dying. Arif Vira...
Feb 14, 2024
Inquest into slain Quebec officer looks at lack of oversight for mental-health cases
MONTREAL - The last psychiatrist to speak to a mentally ill Quebec man before he fatally stabbed a provincial police sergeant last March had a particularly difficult phone call with him days before th...
Feb 14, 2024
Birth control, diabetes meds could be covered if Liberals clinch NDP pharmacare deal
OTTAWA - Pharmacare negotiations between the Liberals and NDP are on a knife's edge, and the main point of contention is the number of drugs they plan to start with. If the parties reach a deal, they ...
Feb 14, 2024
Makers of COVID-19 protective equipment seek over $5 billion in damages from Ottawa
OTTAWA - Canadian manufacturers of masks and other equipment for protecting against COVID-19 are seeking more than $5 billion in damages from the federal government, saying Ottawa misled them about bu...
Feb 14, 2024
Richmond, B.C., council votes to back safe consumption site after fractious meetings
Richmond, B.C., resident Edward Cheung says many community members feel they know exactly what will happen if a supervised safe consumption drug site is established in the city. Cheung, whose parents ...
Feb 14, 2024