Tag Archives: Health

Five more Alberta UCP legislature members facing recall, bringing total to 14
EDMONTON - Elections Alberta has issued recall petitions against five more members of Premier Danielle Smith's United Conservative Party caucus, bringing the total to 14. The new total means that almo...
Nov 25, 2025

Coroner finds lapses in care for Quebec man who sought MAID after hospital bedsores
MONTREAL - Quebec health authorities should improve their approach to caring for people with spinal cord injuries, a coroner has recommended, after a man sought a medically assisted death because of b...
Nov 25, 2025

Decorated ski crosser Marielle Thompson bides her time in race return post-injury
CALGARY - Marielle Thompson has Plans A, B, C and pretty well the whole alphabet for her return to ski cross. The 2014 Olympic gold medallist and 2022 silver medallist is juggling her desire to race a...
Nov 24, 2025

Ottawa announces $35 million for 30 oral health training programs across Canada
MONTREAL - The federal government has announced more than $35 million over three years to train dental students across the country. Health Minister Marjorie Michel made the announcement today in Montr...
Nov 24, 2025

Health minister noncommittal on pharmacare, says expert report isn't binding
OTTAWA - The federal health minister is not committing to following the road map set out by an expert committee to launch a national pharmacare system. Marjorie Michel said her government is reviewing...
Nov 24, 2025

Nunavik's Inuit residents show resilience in the face of persistent water shortages
PUVURNITUQ - In Quebec's Nunavik region, it's not unusual to run out of drinking water at home, or to have a full wastewater tank. But the Inuit residents demonstrate an impressive resilience to water...
Nov 24, 2025

Stopping overdoses like bailing a boat with a thimble, B.C. court hears
VANCOUVER - The co-founder of a Vancouver "compassion club" that bought heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine so it could be tested and sold to save lives said he wanted to stop the dangerous street dru...
Nov 24, 2025

Stopping overdoses like bailing a boat with a thimble, B.C. court hears
VANCOUVER - The co-founder of a Vancouver "compassion club" that bought heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine so it could be tested and sold to save lives said he wanted to stop the dangerous street dru...
Nov 24, 2025

In Quebec's Nunavik region, constant water shortages compromise health care
PUVIRNITUQ - Even if they're surrounded by vast bodies of water as far as the eye can see, residents of Quebec's Far North lack a reliable water supply. Not only does this impact citizens' health thro...
Nov 23, 2025

Doctor and nurses are leaving Nunavik over water shortages that affect care
PUVIRNITUQ - Doctors and nurses in Quebec's Nunavik region say constant water shortages are a factor that is pushing some colleagues to leave, in a region where retention of staff has long been an iss...
Nov 23, 2025