Tag Archives: Health

Canada won new Volkswagen battery plant despite 'way, way more' money from U.S.: PM
NEW YORK - Canada won Volkswagen's lucrative new electric vehicle battery plant despite "way, way more" U.S. dollars on the table, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday as he talked up the virtues...
Apr 28, 2023

Health minister tells committee he didn't interfere in arm's-length drug price agency
OTTAWA - Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos said Thursday he did not put any undue political pressure on the independent federal agency that regulates the price of patented drugs to influence its effort...
Apr 27, 2023

CMHA plans art show, walk for Mental Health Awareness Week
The Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) Battlefords branch will celebrate Mental Health Awareness Week, running from May 1 to 7, with a number of local events. The organization will have an art ...
Apr 26, 2023

Children, First Nations are key focus of Immunization Awareness Week in Sask.
From now until Sunday, the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) will be stressing the importance of vaccines during National Immunization Awareness Week.The key messages for this week are the importanc...
Apr 25, 2023

B.C. Appeal Court sides with mom in case involving access to parental medical records
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government has a year to fix its child protection laws after an Appeal Court panel found the legislation unreasonably gave social workers power to access parents' high...
Apr 25, 2023

Yukon government starts funding 40 hours of paid sick leave
WHITEHORSE - Yukon is the first jurisdiction in Canada to provide government-funded paid sick leave with a program targeting workers who are most likely to suffer from taking unpaid time off, Premier ...
Apr 25, 2023

'We use the word miracle': P.A. doctor relives near-death experience and ongoing recovery
A Prince Albert doctor is living his best life after almost dying more than a year ago.Khami Chokani, P.A.'s medical officer of health, suffered an aortic dissection last March which put him in a medi...
Apr 25, 2023

Mental-health services come too late, experts say, after uptick in violence
VANCOUVER - Recent cases of violence across Canada demonstrate a clear need to treat mental illness early instead of waiting until a serious crime happens, says an executive with the Canadian Mental H...
Apr 25, 2023

Smith declines to disavow comments urging out-of-pocket payments for health care
EDMONTON - Premier Danielle Smith is declining to say whether she stands by or is disavowing earlier comments she made proposing Albertans pay out-of-pocket for medically insured services as a way to ...
Apr 24, 2023

Iqaluit water treatment plant to return to service after more than a year
IQALUIT, Nunavut - The City of Iqaluit says its water treatment plant is to return to service Tuesday morning, more than a year after it was shut down due to contamination. The plant was initially shu...
Apr 24, 2023