Tag Archives: Health
Quebec coroner says delays in getting to hospital 'very likely' led to baby's death
MONTREAL - A seven-month-old baby from a northern First Nations community who died of meningitis in April might have survived if it hadn't taken so long to get her to hospital, a Quebec coroner has co...
Nov 08, 2022
Democrat or Republican, Canada will work with Congress after midterms: Trudeau
WASHINGTON - Gretchen Whitmer, the Michigan governor and Joe Biden ally behind the effort to shut down Canada's cross-border Line 5 pipeline, was re-elected Tuesday in midterm elections that showcased...
Nov 08, 2022
Health funding talks end with no agreement as feds walk away, blaming premiers
VANCOUVER - Ministers who gathered for meetings to address the national health crisis left Tuesday without assurances of more funding from their federal counterpart, who blamed premiers for giving the...
Nov 08, 2022
BUH Foundation announces plans for 2022 Festival of Trees
The theme for the 28th annual Festival of Trees will be "A Royal Christmas". The festival will run from Friday, Nov. 25 to Friday, Dec. 2 at the Western Development Museum. Proceeds from this year's f...
Nov 07, 2022
Prince Albert pet store wins provincial customer service award
Corinne Penner says receiving the 2022 ABEX Service Award is just very humbling and exciting. The annual Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce business awards were handed out in Saskatoon Saturday night, a...
Nov 07, 2022
Minister links chronic pain with toxic drug overdoses, commits $5M to pain network
VANCOUVER - The federal government is putting $5 million toward chronic pain resources in what Carolyn Bennett, minister of mental health and addictions, says is part of an effort to help stop people ...
Nov 07, 2022
Feds hold groundbreaking ceremony for Moderna's mRNA vaccine factory in Montreal area
MONTREAL - The new mRNA vaccine factory being built near Montreal by Moderna will help ensure Canada's health security in the face of more pandemics that are expected in the coming decades, Prime Mini...
Nov 07, 2022
Veterans' parade returns to national Remembrance Day after two-year hiatus
OTTAWA - The Royal Canadian Legion is welcoming back one of the most iconic aspects of Canada's national Remembrance Day ceremony following a two-year hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic: the veter...
Nov 07, 2022
Monkeypox 'almost eradicated' in Montreal, once epicentre of virus outbreak in Canada
MONTREAL - Once the epicentre of Canada's monkeypox outbreak, Montreal has almost eradicated the virus on its territory, according to doctors in the city - but they warn it's too early to declare vict...
Nov 07, 2022
Provinces and territories need details on federal money for health care: minister
VANCOUVER - Canada's health ministers are hoping for "serious engagement" by the federal government after an announcement that it's ready to increase funding for health care, British Columbia's health...
Nov 07, 2022