Tag Archives: Health
NDP won't bend any further on federal dental-care plan, Singh warns
OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says his party was willing to be flexible on the first phase of the Liberal government's dental-care plan, but in future the New Democrats will bend no further. The g...
Sep 17, 2022
Calls grow to streamline licensing for doctors as health-care systems struggle
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - As Canadian health-care systems buckle under the weight of doctor shortages, the past president of the Canadian Medical Association is calling for a national licensing pathway for d...
Sep 16, 2022
Woman Who Can Smell Parkinson’s Helps Develop New Test
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Scientists have developed the first-ever skin swab test that can diagnose Parkinson's disease in only three minutes, and it's thanks to a woman with a grea...
Sep 16, 2022
COVID cases, hospitalizations increased in Sask. in past month
COVID-19 cases are climbing in Saskatchewan.In an epidemiological report for the period from Aug. 14 to last Saturday, the Saskatchewan government said the test positivity rate for the province stood ...
Sep 15, 2022
More comprehensive services required to curb B.C. drug deaths, doctor says
VANCOUVER - Maria Rantanen did everything she could to stop her son from fatally overdosing, but it wasn't enough. Michael Rantanen died on July 15. He was 25 years old. He was one of the 192 drug-rel...
Sep 15, 2022
'Wild West': Audit on veterans' medical cannabis sparks calls for oversight, research
OTTAWA - Mental-health providers and others are reacting with shock and concern after an internal government audit uncovered significant problems with Ottawa's administration of hundreds of millions o...
Sep 15, 2022
No mandatory restrictions coming to P.A. schools, despite COVID levels rising
COVID levels are on the rise in Prince Albert, however, schools won't be bringing in any mandatory COVID-19 restrictions for the time being.According to researchers with the University of Saskatchewan...
Sep 15, 2022
SMILE Cookies to support Humboldt Hospital for 10th year in a row
For the past nine years, the Humboldt Tim Hortons has supported the Humboldt District Hospital Foundation, through its annual SMILE Cookie campaign.Nearly $73,000 has been raised since its inauguratio...
Sep 15, 2022
Don't blame schools for high COVID rates among B.C. youth: provincial health officer
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's provincial health officer says the findings of a study she co-authored showing children and youth have had the highest rates of COVID-19 in parts of the province should ...
Sep 14, 2022
Ottawa has lost control of $150M program reimbursing veterans' cannabis: audit
OTTAWA - An internal audit by Veterans Affairs Canada suggests Ottawa has all but lost control as it shells out hundreds of millions of dollars for veterans' medical marijuana each year without proper...
Sep 14, 2022