Tag Archives: Health
Testing planned after 30 deer found dead within two weeks in Grand Forks, B.C.
Samples have been collected to try and figure out what has killed at least 30 deer over the last two weeks in and around Grand Forks, B.C. Jeff Gailey, president of the Grand Forks Wildlife Associatio...
Sep 23, 2025
Wall of hay bales constructed around B.C. ostriches ahead of CFIA cull
A wall of hay bales about three metres tall has been constructed at a British Columbia farm where the Canadian Food Inspection Agency is organizing the cull and disposal of about 400 ostriches after a...
Sep 23, 2025
Wall of hay bales constructed around B.C. ostriches ahead of CFIA cull
A wall of hay bales about three metres tall has been constructed at a British Columbia farm where the Canadian Food Inspection Agency is organizing the cull and disposal of about 400 ostriches after a...
Sep 23, 2025
Trump promotes unproven ties between Tylenol, vaccines and autism without new evidence
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump on Monday used the platform of the presidency to promote unproven ties between Tylenol, vaccines and autism without giving new evidence. Speaking from the Whit...
Sep 22, 2025
Five things to know about the B.C. ostrich farm and pending cull
EDGEWOOD, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - RCMP and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency are at an ostrich farm in Edgewood, B.C., where about 400 birds are expected to be culled over an outbreak of avian fl...
Sep 22, 2025
Five things to know about the B.C. ostrich farm and pending cull
EDGEWOOD, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - RCMP and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency are at an ostrich farm in Edgewood, B.C., where about 400 birds are expected to be culled over an outbreak of avian fl...
Sep 22, 2025
Health minister Osborne says B.C. recruited more than 140 health U.S. care staff
VICTORIA - British Columbia Health Minister Josie Osborne says the province is "doing very well" in its recruiting drive of health care professionals from the United States, but admits that it will ta...
Sep 22, 2025
A timeline of the fight to save a flock of ostriches in a B.C. farm
Universal Ostrich Farms in Edgewood, B.C., has spent months fighting a cull order from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency that would result in the deaths of nearly 400 birds. On Monday, police and di...
Sep 22, 2025
Mother searches for answers after public health says unsterile needles used at Ontario clinic
TORONTO - Christine Lavalle feels like she's trapped in a nightmare. She found out on social media last week that her child might have been exposed to blood-borne infections at a Burlington walk-in cl...
Sep 22, 2025
Health advocates call on Liberals to keep pharmacare promise ahead of budget
OTTAWA - Health care advocates say they're worried the Liberal government will backtrack on its promise to create a universal, single-payer pharmacare program. Frdrique Chabot, executive director of A...
Sep 22, 2025