Tag Archives: Health
BUH Foundation names new Executive Director
The Battlefords Union Hospital Foundation (BUH) has found its next executive director ahead of the Christmas season.Leanne Ducommun will take over the role, following a selection process that involved...
Nov 01, 2021
Winnipeg man charged in hospital attack and in death of his parents
WINNIPEG - Police won't say what motive was involvedafter a man was chargedwith killing his parents and then attacking a nurse at a Winnipeg hospital. "That's probably one of the bigger pieces of the ...
Nov 01, 2021
COVID-19's global death toll tops 5 million in under 2 years
The global death toll from COVID-19 topped 5 million on Monday, less than two years into a crisis that has not only devastated poor countries but also humbled wealthy ones with first-rate health care ...
Nov 01, 2021
Desmond inquiry: forensic psychiatrist describes inadequate plans for former soldier
PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. - An inquiry investigating why a former soldier killed three family members and himself in 2017 heard testimony Monday from a psychiatrist who said Lionel Desmond had an inadequa...
Nov 01, 2021
Suspected cyberattack in N.L. hits 'brain' of province's health-care system
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A suspected cyberattack on Newfoundland and Labrador's health network has led to the cancellation of thousands of medical appointments across the province and forced some local heal...
Nov 01, 2021
Scientists hope to link lab bench with pharmacy shelves through Edmonton drug plant
EDMONTON - University researchers and drug developers in Edmonton are joining forces to create what they say will be Canada's first facility that can take the latest scientific pharmaceutical insights...
Nov 01, 2021
'We need help': Nunavut politician wants mental-health facility in his community
GJOA HAVEN, Nunavut - Tony Akoak's house sits atop what Gjoa Haven's residents call the uptown, a hill that overlooks the turquoise Arctic Ocean in the otherwise flat Nunavut community. Inside, the li...
Oct 31, 2021
Melfort's Smile helps fund the North Central Health Care Foundation
Through Tim Horton's smile cookie sales, funds were raised to support new hospital equipment in the northeast, so that the joy extends beyond the cookies. Tim Horton's across Canada sold smile cookies...
Oct 30, 2021
Canada to donate 10 million doses of Moderna vaccine to COVAX
ROME - Canada will donate 10 million doses of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine to the COVAX vaccine sharing facility and another $15 million to help make mRNA vaccines in Africa, the Prime Minister announce...
Oct 30, 2021
Health region cautions staff that motive unclear in hospital attack, homicides
WINNIPEG - The president of the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority is cautioning workers that a motive remains unclear for a stabbing at a hospital, which police believe is linked to two killings. Pol...
Oct 29, 2021