Tag Archives: Health
Doctor staffing shortage in Delta Hospital emergency room leads to temporary closure
DELTA - Fraser Health is warning that the emergency room at the Delta Hospital will temporarily close for more than 12 hours this weekend due to a doctor staffing shortage. It says in a news release t...
Oct 04, 2025
Disease outbreak has killed nearly 100 deer around Grand Forks, B.C., province says
GRAND FORKS - The British Columbia government has confirmed the presence of epizootic hemorrhagic disease in white-tailed deer in the Grand Forks area. A statement from the Ministry of Water, Land and...
Oct 03, 2025
Ostrich farmers awaiting Supreme Court decision get little attention from Ottawa
OTTAWA - As the Supreme Court of Canada considers whether to hear the case of a B.C. farm that's fighting to save its ostriches from a Canadian Food Inspection Agency cull, politicians in Ottawa appea...
Oct 03, 2025
Ostrich farmers awaiting Supreme Court decision get little attention from Ottawa
OTTAWA - As the Supreme Court of Canada considers whether to hear the case of a B.C. farm that's fighting to save its ostriches from a Canadian Food Inspection Agency cull, politicians in Ottawa appea...
Oct 03, 2025
B.C. launching deer hunt near Cranbrook to control spread of wasting disease
CRANBROOK - British Columbia is introducing an expanded deer hunt in the province's southeast in an attempt to reduce the spread of chronic wasting disease. The Ministry of Water, Land and Resource St...
Oct 03, 2025
N.L. has the country's highest per-capita debt. It's all but hidden in the election.
ST. JOHN'S - Business and taxpayer organizations are calling on party leaders in Newfoundland and Labrador to stop making costly election promises, as the province carries the country's highest per-ca...
Oct 03, 2025
Premature baby dies of measles in Alberta after pregnant mother contracts disease
EDMONTON - A newborn in Alberta has died of measles marking the province's first death from the disease this year, the government said Thursday. Alberta Health Minister Adriana LaGrange said the child...
Oct 02, 2025
Dr. Balfour Mount, father of palliative care, dies at 86
MONTRAL - Dr. Balfour Mount, widely recognized as the father of palliative care, is being remembered for his contribution to revolutionizing how people live out their final days. Mount died on Sept. 2...
Oct 02, 2025
Marineland decries Ottawa decision to bar export of remaining beluga whales to China
TORONTO - Marineland says it is "profoundly" disappointed by the federal government's decision to deny its request to ship 30 belugas to China and the park has "no ability to pay" for their care - wit...
Oct 01, 2025
'Grand Geezer' Nanaimo tennis player regularly swinging racquet at 92-years-old
NANAIMO - He's approaching his mid 90's, but possesses a lethal forehand and undeniably sharp wit.Jim Fraser, originally from North Vancouver but now residing in Parksville, is affectionately known ar...
Oct 01, 2025