Tag Archives: Health
Ontario’s top doctor says province needs to modernize vaccine registry, calls for national schedule
TORONTO - Ontario's top doctor is calling for a national immunization schedule and registry to address gaps exposed by the resurgence of measles in Canada - but first, he says his own province needs a...
Sep 04, 2025
Quebec replaces Luc Boileau as head of public health with Caroline Quach-Thanh
MONTREAL - Quebec is replacing its national public health director, with Dr. Caroline Quach-Thanh taking over from Dr. Luc Boileau. In a statement Wednesday, the government said Quach-Thanh's term wil...
Sep 04, 2025
Sim says Vancouver is 'begging' B.C. for mental health supports after festival attack
VANCOUVER - No city can completely eliminate all risks to public safety and it's not feasible to protect every event among thousands held each year, Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim said following the release ...
Sep 04, 2025
Some tobacco settlement money to be used in Saskatchewan for cancer care, prevention: Minister
Saskatchewan is set to get millions from a legal settlement with tobacco companies, but it appears only some of that money will go toward cancer care and prevention.Jeremy Cockrill, Saskatchewan's hea...
Sep 03, 2025
They had to navigate the health-care system growing up. Now they're students at Canada's newest med school
TORONTO - Toronto Metropolitan University opened Canada's newest medical school this week, with 94 students who administrators believe reflect the diversity needed among this country's future doctors....
Sep 03, 2025
System failed Quebec girl whose 2019 killing led to youth protection reforms: coroner
MONTREAL - A seven-year-old girl from Granby, Que., whose death in 2019 galvanized the province into reforming the youth protection system, was failed by both individuals and institutions, a coroner s...
Sep 03, 2025
Health warnings as minister says shroud of wildfire smoke set to worsen in B.C.
VANCOUVER - British Columbians are being told to prepare themselves for the worsening of a dense shroud of wildfire smoke that has descended over the province, with health experts saying the dangerous...
Sep 03, 2025
AI chatbots changing online threat landscape as Ottawa reviews legislation
OTTAWA - Wrongful death lawsuits citing the activities of artificial intelligence chatbots are underway in the United States, as reports emerge of mental health issues and delusions induced by AI syst...
Sep 03, 2025
Majority of Canadian youth have been bullied, child poverty on the rise: report
A new report released as students across the country return to school finds bullying, poverty and mental illness are on the rise among Canadian youth and urges action from policy-makers to improve the...
Sep 02, 2025
WATCH: Four legged fundraiser raises money for Victoria hospital expansion
A unique fundraiser has helped raise lots of money for the Boreal Healthcare Foundation and the future Victoria Hospital Expansion. Chuck Hawkins and Valerie Macdougall, with help from Tapestry Yoga, ...
Aug 31, 2025