Tag Archives: Health

OTTAWA - Canadian Forces Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin knows his way around a modern-day war zone as well as any Canadian soldier. He commanded NATO's training mission in Iraq and led Canadian soldiers in Afg...

There are no active coronavirus cases in all six Lac La Ronge Indian Band (LLRIB) communities as of Nov. 26.Since the First Nation recorded its first case of the virus Sept. 29, there have been 55 on-...

OTTAWA - Chrystia Freeland's voice perked up as she started to discuss child care during a virtual fundraiser this week. She explained how an issue near to her had become top of mind for corporate exe...

OTTAWA - Eric Duncan, the first openly gay Conservative MP, laced into the federal health minister Thursday over the Liberals failure to end a ban on gay men donating blood. In a heated and emotional ...

VANCOUVER - City councillors in Vancouver voted unanimously this week to ask the federal government to decriminalize small amounts of illicit drugs for personal use, a decision advocates hope will bla...

The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is ramping up testing and contact tracing capacity in response to a surge in COVID-19 cases, but says it won't be able to keep pace unless people limit their co...

EDMONTON - Alberta's chief medical officer of health says a member of her inner circle committed a "personal betrayal" and fractured the working relationship of her COVID-19 team by leaking private co...

EDMONTON - There's a fine line between a public health officer's duty to the people they serve and their duty to the elected officials who appoint them, scholars say. But they add governments should b...

Sports Editor Jeff D'Andrea talks about team sports in Saskatchewan being suspended until Dec. 17.

FREDERICTON - The Atlantic bubble that was pierced Monday when Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador left is now in tatters with New Brunswick's announcement that it is pulling out. Start...