Tag Archives: Health
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
At least five B.C. children died from influenza last month, as mortalities spike
VICTORIA - At least five children died last month in British Columbia from influenza as a rise of early season respiratory illnesses added strain to the beleaguered health-care system. The figure mark...
Dec 08, 2022
'The system let him down': Superstore knife incident results in probation
CONTENT WARNING: The following story has details regarding suicide. The man at the centre of a disturbance last July at Prince Albert's Superstore won't serve any additional jail time and those closes...
Dec 07, 2022