Tag Archives: Health
B.C. Court of Appeal rejects private health care, says Charter breach OK
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Court of Appeal has unanimously upheld a lower court's dismissal of a Vancouver surgeon's challenge of the Medicare Protection Act, saying bans on extra-billing and pr...
Jul 15, 2022
Denied home care, P.A. woman at a loss for what comes next
Lacy Fidler is at a loss as to what comes next after being told the home care she has been receiving for 2.5 years would end. The day after telling paNOW that she needed the care to prevent infections...
Jul 15, 2022
Federal government sends $2B in health transfers, other funding to provinces
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says the provinces, territories and municipalities have now received more than $2.85 billion promised months ago for health care, transit systems and classr...
Jul 14, 2022
Canada bringing back mandatory random testing of travellers arriving at main airports
OTTAWA - The federal government announced plans Thursday to start randomly testing travellers at Canada's four main airports for COVID-19 again next week, but intends to move the actual swabbing off-s...
Jul 14, 2022
Health Canada approves first COVID-19 vaccine for youngest kids
Canada's drug regulator approved Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine for infants and preschoolers Thursday, making it the first vaccine approved for that age group in the country.Health Canada now says the Mod...
Jul 14, 2022
Health Canada approves first COVID-19 vaccine for children under five
OTTAWA - Canada's drug regulator approved Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine for infants and preschoolers Thursday, making it the first vaccine approved for that age group in the country. Health Canada now sa...
Jul 14, 2022
First case of monkeypox reported in Saskatchewan
With few details as to where the province has confirmed the first case of monkeypox in Saskatchewan.Public health said the risk to the population remains low. "But residents are encouraged to be aware...
Jul 13, 2022
Where do Canada's provinces and territories stand on COVID-19 fourth doses?
Canada's provinces are taking differing approaches to rolling out fourth doses of COVID-19 vaccines. Some are offering the second boosters to all adults in response to the highly contagious BA.4 and B...
Jul 13, 2022
Canadian incomes went up in 2020 amid uptake of pandemic benefits: census data
OTTAWA - It was March 2020, just before the first lockdowns of the COVID-19 pandemic, and Ottawa resident Stephanie Fortin had recently lost her full-time retail job. As soon as businesses closed thei...
Jul 13, 2022
Ottawa wants to make sure health spending delivers 'tangible results,' Trudeau says
The federal government wants to make sure billions of dollars transferred to the provinces and territories for health care will "deliver real, tangible results for Canadians" with shorter wait times a...
Jul 13, 2022