Tag Archives: Health
Businesses invited into hospital build process
Local businesses wanting to get in on the Victoria hospital expansion project are being asked to let the main contractor know what they can do. PCL Construction was given the job of managing the proje...
Mar 30, 2023
Liberals must create national autism framework after Tory bill receives royal assent
OTTAWA - The federal health minister will be required to develop a framework on autism spectrum disorder, including identifying ways to give financial support to autistic people, within the next 18 mo...
Mar 30, 2023
'It's going to take the community': Yukon faces Canada's worst toxic drug death rate
When the doors close at night at the administration office at Yukon's Carcross Tagish First Nation, a van hits the road and drives through the communities to offer naloxone to reverse overdoses, drug ...
Mar 30, 2023
Alleged Quebec cop killer was on probation, had history of mental health problems
MONTREAL - A Quebec man accused of killing a provincial police officer had a history of mental health issues and had been found not criminally responsible at least five times for past offences. Isaac ...
Mar 29, 2023
Treatment centre 'desperately' needed in Prince Albert: councillor
One Prince Albert city councillor said his city "desperately" needs a treatment centre built to help the growing homeless population in Prince Albert, many of whom struggle with addictions.Blake Edwar...
Mar 29, 2023
Budget 2023: Projected cost of federal dental program set to more than double
OTTAWA - The new federal budget shows the government's dental-care insurance program is projected to cost more than double what the Liberals originally thought, adding another $7.3 billion over five y...
Mar 28, 2023
'It's really sad': Neighbour describes chaotic scene after Calgary house explosion
CALGARY - Rima Rifai thought her furnace had exploded Monday when the house across the street burst into a ball of fire, sending 10 people to hospital with serious injuries. When she opened the front ...
Mar 28, 2023
Health-care professionals fight decision to reject access to psilocybin for training
Canada violated the rights of hundreds of patients awaiting access to psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy when it rejected applications from health-care professionals to consume the restricted drug for ...
Mar 28, 2023
B.C. wants federal clamp on weight and diabetes drug Ozempic being exported to U.S.
VICTORIA - British Columbia wants a federal government clampdown on prescription rules after thousands of doses of the hyped weight loss drug Ozempic went to Americans, doled out by a single practitio...
Mar 28, 2023
Border crossings returning to pre-pandemic opening hours
OTTAWA - Opening hours are being extended at 39 border crossings with the United States and at several airports across the country as the Canada Border Services Agency returns to pre-pandemic hours. T...
Mar 27, 2023