Tag Archives: Health
Inside SickKids: An overworked emergency department prepares for a new surge
TORONTO - A baby screams in the distance as a security guard stands watch over the waiting room at the emergency department of Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children. Parents cuddle their sick kids whil...
Dec 13, 2022
NDP leader threatens to pull out agreement with the Liberals over health care
OTTAWA - The New Democrats are ready to withdraw from their confidence-and-supply agreement they signed with the Liberals if there is no federal action to address the health-care crisis, NDP Leader Ja...
Dec 12, 2022
Inside SickKids: How the pediatric hospital's ICU was saved from near collapse
TORONTO - It's 1:50 p.m. on a recent weekday at the intensive care unit of Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children asa trio of women try to solve the latest problem. There are three children who need to ...
Dec 12, 2022
Critics question Quebec health-care worker suspensions for taking toast, doughnut
MONTREAL - Quebec's emergency rooms are overcrowded and workers are in short supply, but for the past week a spotlight has shone on the price paid by health-care staff for illicit snacking. There was ...
Dec 10, 2022
CDC says B.C. flu surge is stabilizing after six kids die, but surgeon is alarmed
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia pediatric cardiac surgeon is calling for more transparency and urgency from public officials after the flu-related deaths of at least six children and youth in the provi...
Dec 09, 2022
Health Canada approves first bivalent booster for kids ages 5 to 11
OTTAWA - Health Canada approved a COVID-19 vaccine booster for children on Friday that targets more recent variants of the coronavirus, along with the original strain. The Pfizer-BioNTech "bivalent" s...
Dec 09, 2022
Premiers demand meeting with Trudeau to discuss increased health-care funding
OTTAWA - Canada's premiers presented a united front Friday as they demanded Prime Minister Justin Trudeau come to the table personally to hammer out an agreement for Ottawa to shoulder more of the bur...
Dec 09, 2022
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Dec 09, 2022
RCMP and City to collect winter wear for homeless shelter
People can help the homeless with a winter clothing drive coming up later this month. The Battlefords RCMP and the City of North Battleford are partnering on this initiative to take place from 6:30 p....
Dec 08, 2022
14 per cent of students absent in North Central: CRISP report
Just over 14 per cent of students in the North Central area were absent in the last two weeks in the latest update on respiratory illnesses from the province. The North Central rate was slightly lower...
Dec 08, 2022