Tag Archives: Health

A family and a festival: How Vancouver's Lapu Lapu Day tragedy unfolded
VANCOUVER - In January last year, Cirque du Soleil usher Alexander Lo made his final public post on his Facebook timeline, promoting the circus' Kooza show. Four days later, his brother responded. "Br...
May 03, 2025

Here's what the Liberals promised for health care. But can they deliver?
TORONTO - Until U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs and threats to Canadian sovereignty came along, many thought health care would be a key issue in the federal election. Instead, it came across as ...
May 01, 2025

Vancouver festival attack suspect to appear in court on Friday
VANCOUVER - The suspect in the street festival attack that killed 11 people in Vancouver will appear in provincial court in the city on Friday, just hours before a memorial mass to pray for the victim...
May 01, 2025

'He stole our innocent child': Quebec daycare crash families relate heavy toll
LAVAL - The mother of a four-year-old boy killed when a city bus plowed into a Montreal-area daycare in 2023 told a courtroom on Thursday that the accused has left her family broken and angry. "He sto...
May 01, 2025

Valley Hill Youth Treatment Centre reopens
A youth treatment facility in Prince Albert has reopened and is looking forward to a fresh start. Operations at the Valley Hill Youth Treatment Centre were suspended in August last year and Meyers Nor...
Apr 30, 2025

Battlefords Pickleball Club gets injection of funds for upgrades and training
A sport that is gaining in popularity worldwide is serving up some fun and comradery in the Battlefords. Earlier this week, the Saskatchewan Senior Fitness Association (SSFA) awarded the Battlefords P...
Apr 30, 2025

Filipino nurses shaken by Vancouver festival attack say tragedy 'will not define us'
Filipino-Canadian nurse Glesy Banton-Victoria says she had planned to attend the Lapu Lapu Day street festival in Vancouver on Saturday but took a nap instead, exhausted by a funeral earlier in the da...
Apr 30, 2025

Collective trauma after festival attack could ripple for months, experts say
VANCOUVER - Communal grief following the ramming attack at a Filipino festival in Vancouver that killed 11 people on the weekend will likely persist for months, mental health experts in British Columb...
Apr 30, 2025

Surgeries cancelled at one of Quebec's largest hospitals after violent storm
MONTREAL - One of Quebec's largest hospitals cancelled surgeries on Wednesday after it lost power the night before during one of a series of violent storms that swept through the province. Officials a...
Apr 30, 2025

Notable Canadian cases where an accused was found not criminally responsible
A judge has ruled that Pierre Ny St-Amand, 53, was not criminally responsible for the 2023 bus attack on a Laval, Que., daycare that killed two small children and injured six others. Superior Court Ju...
Apr 29, 2025