Tag Archives: Health
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
Liberals should legislate long-term care standards to fulfil pledge in pact, says NDP
OTTAWA - The Liberals must enshrine new standards for long-term care homes in law to fulfil a pledge in the confidence-and-supply agreement that would help keep their minority government in power, the...
Jan 31, 2023
Decriminalization begins in B.C. as coroners service releases overdose death data
VANCOUVER - Decriminalization of people with small amounts of illegal drugs for their own use has become a reality in British Columbia, but substance users and researchers say the change is expected t...
Jan 31, 2023
What to know about B.C. decriminalizing possession of drugs for personal use
VANCOUVER - British Columbia is introducing a policy of decriminalization on Tuesday as part of what it says is an overall plan to prevent overdose deaths from illicit drugs. The pilot project will co...
Jan 30, 2023
Data on B.C.'s drug decriminalization plan to be publicly available on dashboard
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's plan to decriminalize small amounts of illicit drugs for personal use starting Tuesday will include a dashboard of information that will be available to the public and u...
Jan 30, 2023