Tag Archives: Health
Oilers' Hyman out at least another week due to wrist injury
EDMONTON - Edmonton Oilers head coach Kris Knoblauch said forward Zach Hyman will need at least another week before returning to the lineup. Hyman, a key part of the team's offensive attack, skated wi...
Oct 29, 2025
Possible Hepatitis A exposure reported at Lloydminster McDonald's
If you ate at a McDonald's restaurant in Lloydminster earlier this month, you may have been exposed to Hepatitis A.The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) says the possible exposure involves a food se...
Oct 29, 2025
Five things to know about the fight between Quebec doctors and the government
MONTREAL - Doctors in Quebec are up in arms over a recent provincial law that imposes a new payment system on physicians and prohibits them from using pressure tactics to oppose the policy. Meanwhile,...
Oct 29, 2025
New physician calling Tisdale home
Good news for residents of Tisdale. They are welcoming a new physician. Dr. Javad Maleki is in the community to open his new practice with the Northeast Medical Clinic. Dr. Maleki graduated from Shahi...
Oct 29, 2025
'Call 1-800-Doug-Ford': Ontario, N.B. courting Quebec doctors unhappy with pay law
MONTREAL - Ontario and New Brunswick are openly courting Quebec doctors upset over a recent provincial law that imposes a new method of remuneration on physicians. While Premier Franois Legault critic...
Oct 29, 2025
These doctors helped eliminate measles in '98. Here's how they did it
TORONTO - Dr. Arlene King got measles more than 60 years ago, but she still remembers feeling so weak that getting her shoes on was a challenge. It didn't take long for King, who was in Grade 1 at the...
Oct 29, 2025
1,400 annual deaths linked to wildfire smoke in Canada: climate and health report
A new global health report suggests that every year from 2020 to 2024 about 1,400 deaths in Canada were associated with wildfire smoke pollution as climate change takes an increasing toll on the count...
Oct 28, 2025
Mobile overdose prevention teams go forward with $3.6 million in federal funding
While Prince Albert holds some upsetting statistical records such as having a disproportionately high overdose fatality rate, a new plan is emerging to try to do something about it. A grant of $3.6 mi...
Oct 28, 2025
Quebec medical specialists announce legal challenge of new compensation law
QUBEC - Medical specialists in Quebec are planning a legal challenge to a recent law that imposes a new method of remuneration on physicians, which they say violates individual freedoms. The bill, whi...
Oct 28, 2025
Canadian Space Agency unveils four new studies for International Space Station
MONTREAL - Four Canadian-designed studies are set to be conducted aboard the International Space Station, soon to be hosting Albertan astronaut Joshua Kutryk. The studies announced Tuesday during a Ca...
Oct 28, 2025