Tag Archives: Health
Doctors are seeing more non-smokers, especially women, with later-stage lung cancer
TORONTO - Katie Hulan's family doctor thought she might have asthma. Her cough, which had started about a month and a half earlier, was getting progressively worse. So he gave her some puffers to try,...
Aug 18, 2025
Lawyer 'very confident' a foreign adversary attacked Canadian diplomats in Cuba
OTTAWA - A lawyer for Canadian diplomats and their families says he believes the mysterious ailments they suffered in Cuba were caused by a foreign adversary, despite a federal government report that ...
Aug 17, 2025
Six people report feeling 'sharp prick' in back of body at Montreal festival: police
MONTREAL - Montreal police have opened a criminal investigation into reports that people at a music festival last weekend were allegedly poisoned without their knowledge. Police say six people have re...
Aug 15, 2025
Canada has most measles cases on the continent as infections up exponentially over 2024: Pan American Health Organization
TORONTO - The Pan American Health Organization says Canada has the highest number of measles cases on the continent and more action is needed to address low vaccination rates. The regional agency with...
Aug 15, 2025
More brands of Dubai chocolate recalled in salmonella outbreak linked to pistachios
More recalls have been issued for a popular type of chocolate after a salmonella outbreak linked to certain brands of pistachios and pistachio-containing products. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency ...
Aug 14, 2025
VIDEO: Alberni Valley wildfire expands, crews encouraged by weather shift
PORT ALBERNI - Strong winds pushed B.C.'s most notable wildfire closer to Port Alberni's southern fringes, but help from more favourable weather appears imminent. An update on the morning of Thursday,...
Aug 14, 2025
Ontario health officials report 3 new measles cases, all in Southwestern region
TORONTO - Health officials in Ontario are reporting just three new measles cases over the past week, all of them in the province's southwest region. Public Health Ontario says that brings the province...
Aug 14, 2025
Montreal public health reports three heat-related deaths since Sunday
MONTREAL - Health officials in Montreal are still working to tally the total number of people who died from heat-related causes since Sunday, when sweltering temperatures took over the city. The city'...
Aug 14, 2025
Lung cancer survival rate has doubled, but it still causes the most cancer deaths: StatCan
TORONTO - Five-year survival rates for people with lung cancer have doubled since the 1990s, but the disease still kills more patients than any other type of cancer, a Statistics Canada report said on...
Aug 13, 2025
Montreal public health says one heat-related death reported since Sunday
MONTREAL - One heat-related death has been reported to Montreal's public health department since a period of extreme heat hit the city on Sunday. Department spokesperson Tudor Matei says the city's he...
Aug 12, 2025