Tag Archives: Health
Yukon premier meets federal ministers over health, calls northern funding 'critical'
WHITEHORSE - Yukon's premier says federal health-care money specifically for the territories is "critical" to service delivery. Premier Ranj Pillai says health-care delivery can cost three to four tim...
Feb 14, 2023
B.C. Premier Eby and federal ministers discuss bilateral health agreements
VICTORIA - The federal health minister says he expects British Columbia and Ottawa to soon reach a flexible one-on-one agreement that improves health services for people needing care and those who pro...
Feb 14, 2023
CMHA sees changing attitudes to mental health in young hockey players
Ask a mental health professional what the biggest part of their job is, and many of them will tell you for years it's been fighting the stigma around speaking up about mental health. There are signs, ...
Feb 14, 2023
Advocates, MPs call on feds to expand access to psychedelic treatment
OTTAWA - Green Party Leader Elizabeth May says she wants Canada to consider expanding access to psychedelic drugs as medical treatments. On Tuesday, May and other MPs joined a delegation of patients a...
Feb 14, 2023
Paper Hearts campaign at Boston Pizza in Melfort
Paper Hearts is one of the charity fundraisers put on each year by Boston Pizza.The Paper Hearts campaign is on until Feb. 20 and raises money for a variety of charitable causes. The Boston Pizza in M...
Feb 13, 2023
Major parties support quick passage of Liberal law delaying assisted dying expansion
OTTAWA - All major parties in the House of Commons are signaling they will support a Liberal bill that would further delay the expansion of medically assisted dying to people whose sole condition is a...
Feb 13, 2023
Investigation underway into apparent gas explosion that injured 10 adults, two kids
OTTAWA - Officials say the investigation is now ongoing after 12 people were injured in an apparent gas explosion that rocked an east Ottawa suburb on Monday morning, including two children and two pe...
Feb 13, 2023
Premiers agree to accept new federal health-care funding offer
OTTAWA - Canada's premiers will formally accept an offer from the federal government for billions in additional health-care funding, but say they will also insist the money continue to flow for more t...
Feb 13, 2023
Rehab contract sparks fresh battle between veterans and the Liberal government
OTTAWA - A multimillion-dollar contract between Ottawa and a private company around the provision of mental and physical health services for veterans is sparking a new fight between the Liberal govern...
Feb 12, 2023
B.C. Liberals say Eby's overdose strategy is too narrow, but he says he doesn't mind
VICTORIA - B.C. Premier David Eby says he doesn't mind being told his government's approach to the toxic drug and overdose crisis is too narrow and doomed to fail - he disagrees, but at least it shows...
Feb 10, 2023