Tag Archives: Health
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
Push to change national bar association's position on assisted dying expansion fails
OTTAWA - The Canadian Bar Association has voted to maintain its support for allowing people to seek a medically assisted death solely on the grounds of a mental disorder. The asociation's members met ...
Feb 08, 2024
Dental providers aren't smiling about reimbursement under federal plan
Some dentists and hygienists fear they won't be fairly paid for services under a new federal dental plan, and they worry it will jeopardize the success of the massive program.Each province and territo...
Feb 08, 2024
Dental providers aren't smiling about reimbursement under federal plan
OTTAWA - Some dentists and hygienists fear they won't be fairly paid for services under a new federal dental plan, and they worry it will jeopardize the success of the massive program. Each provincial...
Feb 08, 2024
Tobacco firm 'disappointed' in B.C. restriction on flavoured nicotine pouch sales
MONTREAL - A major Canadian tobacco company says it is "extremely disappointed" by British Columbia's decision to move the sale of flavoured nicotine pouches behind pharmacy counters. Premier David Eb...
Feb 08, 2024
When the sun goes down, a swarm of rats emerges in downtown Vancouver
VANCOUVER - When the sun goes down, the rats of Vancouver's Burrard Skytrain Station emerge, in a scurrying blur of fur and whipping tails. Dozens of them, large and small, scamper around a park in fr...
Feb 08, 2024
B.C. moves flavoured nicotine pouches behind pharmacy counters to protect kids
VANCOUVER - B.C.'s government has ordered that flavoured nicotine pouches only be sold from behind pharmacy counters in the province in an effort to prevent youth from becoming addicted. The order sig...
Feb 07, 2024