Tag Archives: Health
COVID-19 tests will be mandatory for travellers from China for another two months
OTTAWA - People arriving on flights to Canada from China, Hong Kong and Macao will have to do a COVID-19 test before they board for another two months, after Canada announced it would renew border res...
Feb 02, 2023
Quebec says only people at risk who haven't had COVID-19 should get booster dose
MONTREAL - Only people who are considered at risk for severe COVID-19 - and who haven't already been infected - need to get a booster dose, Quebec's public health director said Thursday. The vast majo...
Feb 02, 2023
As sexual assault rates rise, provinces face shortages of specially trained nurses
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - As rates of sexual assault climb across Canada, nursing experts say there is a shortage of specially trained forensic nurses to properly care for victims. Timely care from a well-tr...
Feb 02, 2023
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