Tag Archives: Health
Companies can make generic Ozempic as of next week, but don't expect to get it soon
TORONTO - Drug companies in Canada are allowed to make lower priced generic versions of the blockbuster drug Ozempic as of next week, but experts say patients shouldn't expect it to be available for a...
Jan 02, 2026
B.C.'s first baby in 2026 was born in Kelowna General Hospital at 12:18 a.m.
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government says the province's first baby of 2026 was born in Kelowna General Hospital at 12:18 a.m., but won't release other details. A post on social media says the b...
Jan 01, 2026
Wrong patient sent to Surrey, B.C., home after hospital discharge
A resident of Surrey, B.C., who was shocked when a hospital transfer service delivered a confused stranger to his home, instead of his father, says he doesn't want other seniors to experience the same...
Dec 31, 2025
Montreal polar plunge fans want access to beach along St. Lawrence River
MONTRAL - On New Year's Eve morning in Montreal, Mark Nikiforov sawed a hole into the thick sheet of ice capping the St. Lawrence River, preparing to plunge inside. With temperatures hovering around -...
Dec 31, 2025
Montreal polar plunge fans want access to beach along St. Lawrence River
MONTRAL - On New Year's Eve morning in Montreal, Mark Nikiforov sawed a hole into the thick sheet of ice capping the St. Lawrence River, preparing to plunge inside. With temperatures hovering around -...
Dec 31, 2025
New legal structure of Alberta health system in place, Premier Smith now eyes results
CALGARY, ALBERTA, CANADA - The Alberta government in 2025 completed the final legal foundations of its new health-care system - and Premier Danielle Smith says she's working in 2026 to prove it was wo...
Dec 30, 2025
Advocates push for advance MAID requests two years after Parliament recommendation
OTTAWA - Sandra Demontigny knew something wasn't right when she couldn't remember buying herself a new pair of boots. They were a splurge - a little out of character for the mother of three - and she ...
Dec 28, 2025
Overnight ER closure at B.C. hospital due to staffing challenges
SURREY - A hospital in British Columbia's Fraser Valley is shutting its emergency department during overnight hours for more than a week due to staffing challenges. Fraser Health says in a release tha...
Dec 26, 2025
Health minister says Canada can't rely on U.S. health institutions anymore
OTTAWA - Canada is used to looking to the United States as a source of health and scientific information, but the federal health minister said that is no longer the case. "I cannot trust them as a rel...
Dec 26, 2025
Health Canada warns about unauthorized health products seized from B.C. stores
OTTAWA - Health Canada is issuing a public advisory after unauthorized health products were seized from two nutrition and supplement stores in Maple Ridge, B.C. The advisory lists dozens of products, ...
Dec 24, 2025