Tag Archives: Health

Fact File: COVID-19 fuelled drop in life expectancy, contrary to podcast claims
In September, a clip from a January 2024 episode of the "Joe Rogan Experience" podcast resurfaced online. Rogan's guest, the comedian Tony Hinchcliffe, claimed Canada experienced an "unprecedented" dr...
Sep 25, 2025

North West College opens $250K simulation lab in Meadow Lake to boost rural health training
Crystal Refugio says North West College's (NWC) new healthcare simulation lab feels just like stepping onto a hospital floor."I think it's super cool. It definitely mimics what we work at in real life...
Sep 25, 2025

South Korean parliament votes to allow tattooists to work without a medical license
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Tattoo artists in South Korea will no longer need to worry about being punished for doing their jobs, as the country's parliament on Thursday approved a landmark bill to end ...
Sep 25, 2025

Police probe threats of violence aimed at businesses linked to B.C. ostrich cull
Businesses across British Columbia linked or thought to be associated with a planned cull of about 400 ostriches have been "flooded" with calls and emails with "language intended to intimidate," the R...
Sep 25, 2025

Canadian virus research hub in Saskatoon turns 50 amid concerns over U.S. funding
SASKATOON - One of Canada's premier vaccine centres celebrates its 50th birthday this week, but researchers say it comes amid unease over U.S. policy changes and funding cuts that threaten to upend th...
Sep 25, 2025

16 hospitalized, 105 sickened in pistachio-linked salmonella outbreak
TORONTO - The Public Health Agency of Canada says the number of people confirmed sickened in a salmonella outbreak linked to pistachios has risen to 105. The outbreak update issued Wednesday reports 2...
Sep 24, 2025

Quebec family doctors to stop teaching medical students amid dispute with province
MONTREAL - Quebec's family doctors say they will join specialist physicians in refusing to teach medical students to pressure the government to shelve an unpopular bill. Doctors are in negotiations wi...
Sep 24, 2025

No evidence that Tylenol causes autism, say Health Canada, World Health Organization
TORONTO - Health Canada, the World Health Organization and Canadian autism experts say there is no evidence that taking Tylenol during pregnancy causes autism. Health Canada and the WHO issued stateme...
Sep 24, 2025

Interim stay of cull order turns despair to joy on B.C. ostrich farm
EDGEWOOD, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - The mother and daughter at the centre of a movement to save their flock of 400 ostriches from a cull order had just finished a sombre and tearful prayer alongside ...
Sep 24, 2025

New animal rescue launched in La Ronge
A new animal rescue in La Ronge is looking to make an impact for abandoned or stray pets in Northern Saskatchewan. "We're just in the early stages of opening and incorporating and what not, and it has...
Sep 23, 2025