Tag Archives: Health
Montreal researchers join international study of rare disease Friedreich's ataxia
Montreal researchers are joining an international study to learn more about a little-understood genetic disease that is found in Canada, and especially in Quebec and in Acadian regions of the Maritime...
Aug 16, 2023
City of Melfort recruiting physicians to local hospital
The City of Melfort has implemented a new policy in hopes of recruiting physicians with enhanced surgical skills to the local hospital.City council approved the new policy on Monday, which will offer ...
Aug 15, 2023
COVID-19 activity showing early signs that it may be increasing, new PHAC data says
COVID-19 infections may be slowly starting to rise again in Canada, new data from the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) suggests. "There are signs of continued fluctuations in some COVID-19 activi...
Aug 15, 2023
Air conditioners 'a necessity' as B.C. heat breaks records set almost a century ago
VANCOUVER - When Nicky Fried and her husband arrived in Vancouver from South Africa more than 30 years ago, they didn't need an air conditioner. Now they have two, she said on Tuesday as she enjoyed a...
Aug 15, 2023
Quebecers no longer seeing doctor-assisted deaths as exceptional, says oversight body
MONTREAL - As the frequency of medical aid in dying continues to rise in Quebec, the head of the independent body that monitors the practice in the province says he worries doctor-assisted deaths are ...
Aug 15, 2023
Records tumble as heat wave spreads from B.C.'s south coast to Interior, hitting 40 C
VANCOUVER - During British Columbia's heat dome in 2021, Nasrin Moshiri had to resort to putting the children in her daycare in the bathtub to stay cool. This week, she's taking them to the beach. "I ...
Aug 14, 2023
Cash lottery could turn dreams into reality for potential winner and BUH Foundation
The largest capital campaign taken on by the Battlefords Union Hospital (BUH) Foundation is ramping up with the launch of its $100,000 Cash Lottery.In a media release the foundation said: "With 36 dra...
Aug 14, 2023
Coroner to hold inquest into officer cadet's suicide at Royal Military College
OTTAWA - The Ontario coroner will hold an inquest into the death of an officer cadet who took his own life while attending Royal Military College last year, a move the family's lawyer says is rare - a...
Aug 14, 2023
As B.C. temperatures soar, advocates call for rules to keep rental housing cool
VANCOUVER - Advocates for renters in British Columbia say it's time to consider setting a maximum temperature for rental housing to protect vulnerable tenants from dangerous heat. The call comes as a ...
Aug 14, 2023
Co-op donation kick starts Ronald McDonald house build campaign
Kasey Halkett, age five, has spent over a hundred days using the Victoria Hospital and her family has made much use of the Family Room sponsored by Ronald McDonald House Charities. She made the offici...
Aug 10, 2023