Tag Archives: Health

Canadian para hockey player Raphaëlle Tousignant diagnosed with breast cancer
Para hockey player Raphalle Tousignant, who became the first woman to play for Canada in a major international competition, says she has been diagnosed with breast cancer. "I never thought I would say...
Nov 05, 2025

Expelled CAQ member of Quebec legislature slams government over doctor payment bill
MONTREAL - A day after being expelled from Premier Franois Legault's caucus, a member of the Quebec legislature says she no longer recognizes the party she used to represent. Isabelle Poulet says she ...
Nov 05, 2025

Longest U.S. government shutdown in history could hit Canadians' travel plans: expert
WASHINGTON - As the impasse between Republicans and Democrats pushed into its 36th day on Wednesday, one expert warned that the U.S. government shutdown - now the longest in the nation's history - cou...
Nov 05, 2025

Menopause care is more widely available, but financially out of reach for many
TORONTO - Karine Beauchamp couldn't think straight, felt so exhausted she could barely get out of bed and had unpredictable mood swings ranging from sadness to anger. "It's like my resilience just dis...
Nov 05, 2025

Quebec government wants to restart talks with doctors over payment reform
QUBEC - Quebec Premier Franois Legault is extending an olive branch to the province's doctors amid a fight over a new law that changes how physicians are paid. Legault said Tuesday he wants to restart...
Nov 04, 2025

Documentary revisits Swift Current Broncos crash — and the trauma that never left
CALGARY - In 1986, a bus carrying the Swift Current Broncos hit black ice and spun off the Trans-Canada Highway just east of their southwestern Saskatchewan city. Four players were killed. For defence...
Nov 04, 2025

Montreal transit strike could be first test of new Quebec labour law
MONTREAL - A strike that is upending public transit in Montreal could be the first test of a new law that gives the Quebec government broad power to end labour disputes. The Montreal transit agency's ...
Nov 04, 2025

Prescription painkillers shortage in Canada expected to continue into new year
TORONTO - Pharmacists say a shortage of medications that contain oxycodone is expected to continue into the new year, while supply of another type of painkiller has increased since a nationwide disrup...
Nov 03, 2025

Leader Currie Dixon says voters wanted change as Yukon Party wins majority government
WHITEHORSE - Yukon Party Leader Currie Dixon says Yukon voters have opted for change by electing what he calls a "strong Yukon Party majority government." Dixon is set to become the Yukon's first prem...
Nov 03, 2025

Judges order Trump administration to use emergency reserves for SNAP payments during the shutdown
BOSTON (AP) - Two federal judges ruled nearly simultaneously on Friday that President Donald Trump's administration must continue to pay for SNAP, the nation's biggest food aid program, using emergenc...
Oct 31, 2025