Tag Archives: Health
WHO decided the COVID-19 global emergency isn't over. What happens next?
OTTAWA - The World Health Organization decided Monday not to end to the COVID-19 global public health emergency it declared three years ago, even though the pandemic has reached what the international...
Jan 30, 2023
Federal departments failed to spend $38B on promised programs, services last year
OTTAWA - The federal government failed to spend tens of billions of dollars in the last fiscal year on promised programs and services, including new military equipment, affordable housing and support ...
Jan 30, 2023
Pressure on hospitals ‘levelling off,’ SHA executive says
The province is starting to see a plateau of respiratory illnesses now that the holidays have passed, and some demand on hospitals seems to be levelling off.That's according to Derek Miller, the Saska...
Jan 28, 2023
11% of Saskatchewan residents experiencing high anxiety, says new poll
There's a slow and consistent improvement in the number of Canadians experiencing mental health issues.That's according to data released by Mental Health Research Canada, which recently released its 1...
Jan 28, 2023
Inflation-focused Pierre Poilievre back to Parliament as health-care talks loom
OTTAWA - It's no secret what Pierre Poilievre thinks about government spending and inflation. Same with guns. But what does the Conservative leader think should happen when premiers ask for billions m...
Jan 28, 2023
B.C. health minister Dix 'delighted' premiers finally set to meet PM on funding
VICTORIA - British Columbia's health minister says he's "delighted" Canada's premiers are set to meet with the prime minister early next month to discuss a potential deal to increase federal health fu...
Jan 27, 2023
WHO decision on COVID-19 emergency won't effect Canada's response: Tam
OTTAWA - On Monday, exactly three years from the day he declared COVID-19 to be a global public health emergency, World Health Organization director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus will decide whet...
Jan 27, 2023
Focus on retaining nurses before recruiting nurses from other provinces: association
MONTREAL - Efforts to lure nurses from other provinces are underway in several parts of the country, but the head of a national nurses association says the poaching won't solve anything unless working...
Jan 27, 2023
Canadians worried about the state of provincial health systems: poll
OTTAWA - A new survey suggests the vast majority of Canadians have concerns about the state of the health-care system, particularly in Atlantic provinces where hospitals have struggled to maintain eme...
Jan 27, 2023
Provincial governments not jumping to act on tighter alcohol warning guidelines
HALIFAX - Politicians in charge of provincial and territorial liquor laws aren't hurrying to adopt or promote newly updated guidelines that advise a steep drop in Canadian drinking habits. Across Cana...
Jan 27, 2023