Tag Archives: Health
Ottawa gives Food Banks Canada $17.9M for pilot to provide period products
TORONTO - The federal government has tasked Food Banks Canada with handing out free menstrual products to members of marginalized low-income communities. Gender Equality Minister Marci Ien announced t...
Sep 21, 2023
Canada has supporting role to help Haiti, but 'there is no solution from outside': PM
NEW YORK - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau would not say Thursday whether Canada will take part in a Kenya-led multinational security mission in Haiti that the United Nations is under mounting U.S. pres...
Sep 21, 2023
Illegal tobacco growth costing three provinces $2.47 billion in taxes: retail report
VICTORIA - The governments of British Columbia, Ontario and Newfoundland and Labrador lost up to $2.47 billion in tax revenues over four years due to the growth in illegal tobacco sales, says a conven...
Sep 20, 2023
Parents' doubts persist after forum on Montreal supervised drug-use site near school
MONTREAL - Several parents say they were left with serious doubts after a tense Tuesday evening information session about a supervised drug-use site opening near their children's Montreal elementary s...
Sep 20, 2023
Split-screen summit: Ukraine, climate clamour for top billing at UN General Assembly
NEW YORK - Ukraine and the climate crisis battled for top billing Wednesday at the UN General Assembly, where Canada struggled to reconcile its reputation as an oil and gas supplier with the global ef...
Sep 20, 2023
1 in 4 adolescents have been cyberbullied, StatCan says
A new StatCan report says one in four adolescents in Canada have been cyberbullied and it's taking a toll on their mental health. The study says youth who have been victimized online have a greater ri...
Sep 20, 2023
Climate, development, India top of mind as Trudeau arrives at UN General Assembly
NEW YORK - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrived Tuesday at the UN General Assembly with the planet at a climate crossroads - and Canada facing an ever more fraught relationship with the world's faste...
Sep 19, 2023
'A serious moment in the life of the world': Trudeau heads back to United Nations
WASHINGTON - At the annual UN General Assembly, that traffic-snarling symposium of international hand-wringing and high dudgeon now underway in New York City, the peril of climate change is always a p...
Sep 18, 2023
Quebec delayed preparation for COVID-19 in care homes, leading to deaths: lawsuit
MONTREAL - The Quebec government's failure to follow its pandemic-response plan as the novel coronavirus started circulating in other parts of the world in early 2020 led to preventable deaths in long...
Sep 18, 2023
Kitten injured but recovering after being found in vehicle engine at P.A. car dealership
It was something automotive technicians at Lakeland Hyundai in Prince Albert weren't expecting to see when they started work Friday morning.While doing a routine oil change, they heard scratching and ...
Sep 16, 2023