Tag Archives: Health
B.C. supportive housing bill targets problem tenants. Critics fear it may worsen woes
VANCOUVER - Housing researcher Alina McKay knows there are "tensions" in British Columbia's supportive housing buildings, as tenants face disruptive violence flowing from poverty and other issues that...
Apr 18, 2026
FOI documents suggest plant-based milk facility linked to deadly outbreak was 'haven for listeria,' experts say
TORONTO - Documents detailing an inspection of a beverage production facility that regulators say was the source of a deadly listeria outbreak reveal it was cited for several infractions that have not...
Apr 17, 2026
Public funds don't make Catholic hospitals 'government actors': lawyer in MAID case
VANCOUVER - Providing medical assistance in dying at a Catholic hospital would go against religious doctrine and be a "scandalous" practice that couldn't be justified to the faithful of the world, a l...
Apr 16, 2026
Public funds don't make Catholic hospitals 'government actors': lawyer in MAID case
VANCOUVER - Providing medical assistance in dying at a Catholic hospital would go against religious doctrine and be a "scandalous" practice that couldn't be justified to the faithful of the world, a l...
Apr 16, 2026
Trump nominates Erica Schwartz, former deputy surgeon general, to serve as CDC director
President Donald Trump on Thursday nominated Erica Schwartz, a former deputy surgeon general, to be the next director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In a social media post, Trump d...
Apr 16, 2026
Nearly half of VCH maternal deaths within a year of birth caused by overdose: report
VANCOUVER - Drug-related overdoses are now the leading cause of maternal death among residents in the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority within a year of giving birth, a new report says. The report, p...
Apr 16, 2026
First Nations overdose deaths in B.C. drop in 2025, but still disproportionally high
VANCOUVER - The number of overdose deaths of First Nations people in British Columbia dropped by about a third in 2025 but the population continues to be disproportionately impacted by the province's ...
Apr 15, 2026
Meet neffy: Health Canada approves epinephrine nasal spray for anaphylaxis
TORONTO - Health Canada has approved the first needle-free epinephrine treatment for severe allergic reactions: a nasal spray called neffy. ALK Canada, which purchased the rights to distribute the dru...
Apr 15, 2026
Air Canada ordered to pay pilots who were denied religious COVID-19 vaccine exemption
An arbitrator has ordered Air Canada to grant back pay to seven pilots denied religious exemptions from the airline's mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy in a violation of the Canadian Human Rights ...
Apr 14, 2026
'Desperately missed' victims honoured as B.C. marks 10 years of toxic drug emergency
VICTORIA - Paula Beardy said her grandson Sheldon Beardy was a good kid. He would have turned 28 on Monday. But his mother died last year, and after attending her memorial service in August, Sheldon a...
Apr 14, 2026