Tag Archives: Health
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
Tens of thousands of families have applied for federal child dental benefit: Gould
OTTAWA - Social Development Minister Karina Gould says 35,000 people have applied for the new child dental benefit since the program opened a week ago. Gould was responding to an opposition question i...
Dec 07, 2022
Billed as remedy for doctor shortage, virtual medicine in N.S. hits bottleneck
HALIFAX - Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, virtual medicine offered a novel way for patients to see doctors during a lockdown and hope that technology could alleviate chronic pressure on a strained hea...
Dec 07, 2022
Finance minister replaced in B.C. cabinet shuffle that blends old, new
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby unveiled a new-look cabinet Wednesday that elevates several first-time ministers to prominent positions, retains veterans in long-held posts and moves the...
Dec 07, 2022
COVID-19 benefits helped economy rebound, but post-payment verification lacking: AG
OTTAWA - Canada's auditor general says COVID-19 benefits were delivered quickly and helped mitigate economic suffering, but the federal government hasn't done enough to recover billions of dollars in ...
Dec 06, 2022
Most unused COVID-19 vaccines will expire at the end of the year: auditor general
OTTAWA - Tens of millions of doses of COVID-19 vaccines are likely about to expire and go to waste because of a failure to manage an oversupply, Canada's auditor general reported Tuesday - a failure w...
Dec 06, 2022
Flu surges on heels of RSV, COVID-19 to overwhelm children's hospitals in Canada
A flu season that started early, hospitalized far more children than usual and overwhelmed emergency departments has revealed that Canada's health-care system is chronically underfunded when it comes ...
Dec 05, 2022
Flu and COVID vaccine walk-in clinics scheduled for Battlefords
The Saskatchewan Health Authority has announced dates for December walk-in clinics for flu and COVID vaccines.Between Dec. 5 and 23, there are clinics available at Frontier Mall.Monday 9 a.m. - 4 p.m....
Dec 05, 2022
Ottawa calls for project proposals that help internationally trained health workers
HALIFAX - A program announced Monday will fund projects to remove barriers preventing qualified new Canadians from working in health care, the federal immigration minister said. Sean Fraser said Ottaw...
Dec 05, 2022