Tag Archives: Health
Second pandemic anniversary doesn't mark the end of COVID-19: Dr. Howard Njoo
OTTAWA - The news conference at the beginning of 2020 wasn't all that different from the many Dr. Howard Njoo had held in the past. The public health veteran helped to manage the first avian flu cases...
Mar 11, 2022
Permanent daylight time shift remains on hold as clocks set to move ahead Sunday
VICTORIA - There is public support for a switch to permanent daylight time in British Columbia and Ontario, which have passed laws to allow the change, but the potential costs and risks of going it al...
Mar 11, 2022
B.C. to ease COVID-19 restrictions on masks, long-term care visits, vaccine cards
VICTORIA - British Columbia will lift its mask mandate and capacity limits for faith gatherings on Friday, while restrictions of visitors at some long-term care facilities will be dropped, as long as ...
Mar 10, 2022
Scrap thresholds in requests to decriminalize simple drug possession: coalition
OTTAWA - More than 20 advocacy organizations are urging the federal minister of mental health and addictions to not require quantity limits from jurisdictions requesting to decriminalize simple drug p...
Mar 10, 2022
Ministry of Health reports 13 COVID deaths and 17 care home outbreaks last week
There have been 1,013 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed in the province between Feb. 27 and March 5 according to the Ministry of Health's COVID-19 integrated epidemiology (epi) report.There were 13 COVI...
Mar 10, 2022
Budget office says federal spending on health care going up faster than planned
OTTAWA - Federal spending on health care and elderly benefits are set to rise at a faster clip over the next 12 months than previously planned under forecasts the parliamentary budget officer warns do...
Mar 10, 2022
Health workers prescribe radical changes to health care to treat pandemic burnout
OTTAWA - Canada's ailing health systems need some drastic intervention from federal and provincial governments if there is any hope of reviving them post-pandemic, an emergency summit of nearly 40 hea...
Mar 10, 2022
Smartphone app a new tool in suicide prevention work
A new tool is now available that will hopefully save the lives of those contemplating suicide.The smartphone app Embracing Life was released in the Apple Store and Google Play on March 3. It was creat...
Mar 09, 2022
Nunavut aims to lift public health emergency, COVID-19 restrictions in April
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut's chief public health officer says the territory will aim to end its public health emergency on April 11. Dr. Michael Patterson says COVID-19 public health measures will als...
Mar 09, 2022
Panel calls for urgent action on safer drug supply in B.C. to prevent overdoses
VICTORIA - A report into an investigation of 6,007 overdose deaths in British Columbia calls on the province to urgently develop a policy to distribute a safer supply of drugs and offer better health ...
Mar 09, 2022