Tag Archives: Health

JAFFRAY - A new case of chronic wasting disease has been detected in deer in British Columbia's Kootenay region, bringing the total cases discovered in the province to nine. A statement from the Minis...

SASKATOON - Police in Saskatoon are investigating after a patient died Friday at the Royal University Hospital following an altercation with security. Police said in a statement they're working with t...

TORONTO - The flu season likely peaked in Canada over the holidays at the highest rate the country has seen in years, the Public Health Agency of Canada says. The latest national influenza data releas...

NANAIMO - Numerous safety violations were made by a pair of companies in connection to an accident at a Diver Lake construction site, according to a WorkSafeBC investigation. A worker was pronounced d...

WASHINGTON (AP) - In a remarkable rebuke of Republican leadership, the House passed legislation Thursday, 230-196, that would extend expired health care subsidies for those who get coverage through th...

MONTREAL - A homeless man who had attended al-Qaida training camps and is charged with allegedly threatening to bomb public transit in Montreal is now also accused of issuing a threat from jail to blo...

VANCOUVER - Young clients of the Foundry organization currently receive its youth mental health and substance use care in a cramped space above an MMA gym, where thin walls mean noise can sometimes in...

MONTREAL - A Quebec foundation is hoping to train 10,000 people on making seniors residences safer and more inclusive for older LGBTQ+ adults. The mergence Foundation says seniors who are sexually and...

TORONTO - Novo Nordisk Canada is considering competing with generic versions of its brand-name Ozempic and Wegovy drugs by introducing renamed, lower-priced copies of the medications. Health Canada ap...

VANCOUVER - Tom Whitfield takes a ferry from Nanaimo to a traditional Chinese medicine clinic in downtown Vancouver every Monday for acupuncture and other treatment. The excursion sometimes consumes t...