Tag Archives: Health
Three Canadians sickened in France's botulism outbreak are from Quebec: PHAC
OTTAWA - The Public Health Agency of Canada has confirmed that the three Canadians who fell ill in a botulism outbreak in France are from Quebec. They're among at least 12 people who have suspected bo...
Sep 15, 2023
E. coli outbreak spotlights daycare food safety, experts say
TORONTO - An outbreak of E. coli that's sickened hundreds has shone a much-needed spotlight on food safety at daycares, experts said as Alberta Premier Danielle Smith pledged to consider further regul...
Sep 15, 2023
Health professionals, patients challenging rejection to use psilocybin in training
A group of health-care workers and patients have turned to Federal Court in an effort to overturn Health Canada's rejection of their request to use a restricted psychedelic drug for professional train...
Sep 15, 2023
Alberta government to help families affected by E. coli outbreak at Calgary daycares
CALGARY - The Alberta government will immediately give families a one-time payment of $2,000 for each child affected by an E. coli outbreak related to several Calgary daycares, Premier Danielle Smith ...
Sep 15, 2023
3 people from Canada sickened in botulism outbreak in Bordeaux, France
OTTAWA - The Public Health Agency of Canada says three Canadian residents have fallen ill from a botulism outbreak in Bordeaux, France. They're among 10 people who have suspected botulism after eating...
Sep 14, 2023
Woman who was one of eight people to overdose Sunday in Montreal has died: police
Montreal police have announced the death of a 42-year-old woman who was one of eight people who overdosed on Sunday in the city's downtown. Const. Jeanne Drouin says the woman died in hospital Tuesday...
Sep 14, 2023
Mohawk Mothers seek halt to excavation amid former Montreal hospital grave search
MONTREAL - A group of Indigenous women were in Quebec Superior Court on Thursday trying to stop drilling and excavation at the former site of a hospital where they say unmarked graves may be located, ...
Sep 14, 2023
Trudeau in New York next week to talk climate, development at UN General Assembly
WASHINGTON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will travel to New York next week to take part in the 78th meeting of the United Nations General Assembly. The Prime Minister's Office confirmed today that T...
Sep 14, 2023
Eight children released from hospital after E. coli outbreak at Calgary daycares
Eight children who were severely ill from E. coli infections have been discharged from hospital even as the number of cases related to an outbreak at several Calgary daycares continued to rise. There ...
Sep 14, 2023
Indigenous communities continue to benefit from mobile mental health buses
There is hope that a project providing much-needed mental health care to several Indigenous communities over the past two years will expand. In 2021, the Saskatoon Tribal Council (STC) Mobile Mental H...
Sep 13, 2023