Tag Archives: Health
Liberals table bill delaying medically assisted dying expansion to March 2024
OTTAWA - The federal government is delaying the expansion of its medically assisted dying regime to people whose sole condition is a mental disorder for another year because it says more time is neede...
Feb 02, 2023
Jury makes 12 recommendations after inquest into Vancouver police officer's suicide
BURNABY, B.C. - A coroner's jury has made a dozen recommendations after probing the suicide of Vancouver police Const. Nicole Chan, who died during a mental health crisis after having relationships wi...
Feb 01, 2023
Staff strategy needed to improve work conditions in long-term care, employee reps say
OTTAWA - Governments must go beyond new national standards to make working in long-term care a profession of choice if they hope to address serious staffing issues that led to deadly conditions for se...
Feb 01, 2023
Liberals set to introduce law delaying expansion of medically assisted dying regime
OTTAWA - The federal government is expected to introduce a law as early as Thursday to delay the extension of medically assisted dying eligibility to people whose sole condition is a mental disorder. ...
Feb 01, 2023
Drug users say B.C. 'fight continues' during decriminalization amid safe supply calls
VANCOUVER - Members of an advocacy group for drug users have gathered to celebrate the start of decriminalization in British Columbia and discuss how they will "fight back" against any efforts to seiz...
Feb 01, 2023
Premiers optimistic about national health deal, as B.C.'s Eby floats side meetings
OTTAWA - Premiers have expressed optimism about striking an improved national health funding deal with the federal government, ahead of next week's meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. British ...
Feb 01, 2023
Biden, McCarthy meeting to stake out positions as clash looms over debt ceiling
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Joe Biden is sitting down with his new Republican nemesis for the first time to talk about how to ensure the federal government can continue to pay its bills. House Speaker...
Feb 01, 2023
First Nations women overrepresented among B.C. toxic drug deaths: doctor
VICTORIA - Indigenous people, especially women, are dying from toxic drugs at disproportionately high rates in British Columbia as the overdose crisis continues "unabated," nearly seven years after th...
Jan 31, 2023
Province adds more than 550 new training spots for health careers
In its latest effort to address the shortage of health-care workers in Saskatchewan, the provincial government is funding the creation of hundreds of new post-secondary training seats across 18 differ...
Jan 31, 2023
By the numbers for British Columbia's overdose crisis
VICTORIA - British Columbia's chief coroner released overdose figures for 2022, showing 2,272 residents died from toxic drugs last year. Lisa Lapointe says drug toxicity remains the leading cause of u...
Jan 31, 2023