Tag Archives: Health
Bill prompts call for Quebec to recognize systemic racism in health system
Quebec's College of Physicians says the government is taking a "paternalistic and colonialist" approach with new legislation aimed at improving the treatment of Indigenous people in the health network...
Sep 12, 2023
Walkerton and XL Foods: A look at some of the major E. coli 0157 outbreaks in Canada
An outbreak of E. coli infections at several Calgary day centres has infected more than 200 people, most of them children. It's not the first major outbreak of the food-borne illness, which is caused ...
Sep 12, 2023
Critical health violations found in kitchen used by daycares after E. coli outbreak
CALGARY - Inspectors found three critical violations, including improper sanitation and live cockroaches, at a central kitchen serving Calgary daycares affected by an E. coli outbreak, said a report r...
Sep 12, 2023
Health Canada approves updated Moderna vaccine for COVID-19
OTTAWA - Canada's senior public health officials are urging Canadians to get an updated COVID-19 vaccine this fall after the first shot targeting the latest variants was authorized for use on Tuesday....
Sep 12, 2023
Eight overdoses in same part of downtown Montreal Sunday, public health investigating
MONTREAL - Eight overdoses over a few hours in downtown Montreal this weekend reflect how homeless Indigenous people have started consuming hard and unsafe street drugs, says the head of a shelter tha...
Sep 11, 2023
La Ronge, Prince Albert break records for smoke hours in 2023
It was a record-breaking year when it came to the amount of smoke hours in La Ronge, Prince Albert, Regina and Saskatoon. That's according to data from Environment and Climate Change Canada, which not...
Sep 08, 2023
'One Chip Challenge' product pulled from Canadian shelves after U.S. teen's death
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is conducting a food safety investigation into the One Chip Challenge. The investigation comes as the manufacturer of the extremely spicy tortilla chip pulls the pr...
Sep 08, 2023
COVID-19 numbers spike in B.C. but no more cases of new variant are detected
VANCOUVER - British Columbia is experiencing a spike in COVID-19 numbers, with cases, test positivity, hospitalizations and deaths all up in recent weeks. The BC Centre for Disease Control says in a m...
Sep 08, 2023
Head of Sask. RCMP describes mental journey for her and officers following mass stabbing attack
It's been a year since the mass stabbing attack on the James Smith Cree Nation and in the Village of Weldon and the Commanding Officer of the Saskatchewan RCMP is sharing her mental journey over that ...
Sep 06, 2023
Feds award $15 million contract to Sun Life to lay groundwork for dental care program
OTTAWA - The federal government has awarded a contract worth up to $15 million to lay the groundwork for a new national dental insurance plan. The new plan, which was a key demand from the NDP as part...
Sep 06, 2023