Tag Archives: Health
High school students across Canada to be trained on how to administer naloxone
MONTREAL - Hundreds of thousands of high school students in Canada will be given training on how to respond to someone overdosing on opioids, including on how to administer naloxone - a drug used to r...
Jun 14, 2022
Medicine professor says no need to panic over COVID-19 reinfection
An expert says Canadians don't need to panic about COVID-19 reinfections even as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has tested positive a second time for the virus. Stephen Hoption Cann, a clinical profess...
Jun 13, 2022
Men of the North's work to boost mental health in tri-communities an ongoing mission
June is celebrated annually as men's mental health month and Men of the North founder Christopher Merasty is encouraging men to do something different or new. "It's very important we help, introduce a...
Jun 13, 2022
Canada's COVID Alert app will be discontinued as PCR testing becomes rare
OTTAWA - Canada's COVID Alert app will be discontinued in the coming days, a federal government source tells The Canadian Press. The app was launched in the summer of 2020 as the pandemic began and bi...
Jun 13, 2022
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau again tests positive for COVID-19
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has tested positive for COVID-19 for a second time. "I feel OK, but that's because I got my shots," Trudeau said Monday on Twitter. "So, if you haven't, get vacc...
Jun 13, 2022
Number of Canadian blood donors plummets to lowest point in a decade during COVID-19
OTTAWA - Canadian Blood Services says it is struggling to replenish a critically low national supply caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The organization says the virus that has persisted since March 202...
Jun 13, 2022
Expanding camp in N.S. includes program for kids in grief, with ample time for fun
HALIFAX - When Meaghan Belanger's mother informed her about a Nova Scotia camp for children in grief, the teenager's initial reaction was unenthusiastic as she feared it would be too teary and dull. I...
Jun 12, 2022
Canadian heading World Health Organization's fight against monkeypox
MONTREAL - A Canadian is playing a major role in the World Health Organizations' fight against monkeypox. Dr. Rosamund Lewis, the technical lead for the effort to combat a global outbreak of the virus...
Jun 11, 2022
Gutsy Walk makes triumphant return
Canada's largest fundraiser for research and awareness for Crohn's and Colitis has set a goal of raising $2.9 million this year.Returning as an in-person event after a two-year, pandemic-induced hiatu...
Jun 11, 2022
Canada suspends random COVID-19 tests for vaccinated travellers at airports
OTTAWA - Transport Minister Omar Alghabra has announced that the government will pause all mandatory random COVID-19 tests at Canada's airports for vaccinated travellers from Saturday until the end of...
Jun 10, 2022