Tag Archives: Health
Ottawa pledges $675M for Gavi vaccine alliance, targets malaria, HPV doses
OTTAWA - The federal government is pledging $675 million for vaccination programs aimed at children in developing countries. The office of International Development Minister Ahmed Hussen says the fund...
Mar 07, 2025
RCMP launch probe amid allegations of corruption in Alberta health contracts
EDMONTON - Mounties in Alberta have launched an investigation following a complaint regarding the province's front-line medical care provider, Alberta Health Services. RCMP won't provide details, but ...
Mar 06, 2025
Laparoscopy towers now in use at BUH
In one of the Battlefords Union Hospital operating rooms, General Surgeon Melissa Mcgee and Equipment Resource Technician Lynnette Tatton turned on a new laprascopy tower that was just put into servic...
Mar 06, 2025
B.C. signs $670-million pharmacare agreement with federal government
VICTORIA - The British Columbia and federal governments have signed a four-year, $670-million pharmacare agreement, giving universal access to contraceptive and diabetes medications. The plan will sup...
Mar 06, 2025
Ottawa, plaintiffs agree to settle lawsuit over 'Indian hospitals'
OTTAWA - A crowd of survivors of so-called "Indian hospitals" gathered on Parliament Hill Thursday to hear the federal government say what they've been waiting years to hear: We believe you. Ottawa an...
Mar 06, 2025
Ottawa pauses preventive health task force amid review over breast cancer screening recommendations
TORONTO - Federal Health Minister Mark Holland announced Tuesday he is temporarily suspending the work of the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care, which has come under fire for not recommend...
Mar 04, 2025
Alberta hires former Manitoba chief judge to investigate health spending scandal
EDMONTON - The Alberta government has hired a former head of Manitoba's provincial court to investigate allegations of high-level arm-twisting in lucrative government contracts. The government said Mo...
Mar 03, 2025
CRTC delays implementation of next-generation 911 service for two years
OTTAWA - Next-generation 911 service - which would allow Canadians to send texts or video to summon help - won't be implemented for another two years. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunicati...
Mar 03, 2025
Nurses, midwives can help treat depression during pregnancy and new motherhood: study
TORONTO - Nurses, midwives and doulas can treat depression and anxiety symptoms experienced during pregnancy and after delivery, a new study says. The clinical trial, published Monday in the journal N...
Mar 03, 2025
Disrupting the Peace: On a B.C. ranch, fracking earthquakes rattle a way of life
Bo Hedges' parents have lived on their ranch north of Fort St. John, B.C., for close to 50 years, running the Dead Horse Creek Cattle Company on the property where a natural spring bubbles up near the...
Mar 02, 2025