Tag Archives: Health
Canadian researchers solve 12-year mystery of sea star wasting disease
A team led by researchers in British Columbia has solved the mystery of a gruesome disease that has killed billions of sea stars along the Pacific coast of North America, more than a decade after the ...
Aug 04, 2025
As premiers push for more immigration power, experts call for a fact-based debate
OTTAWA - Some premiers say they want to have more local control over the immigration system - but experts say what the system really needs is a national conversation on immigration reform that shores ...
Aug 04, 2025
Canada has its 1st case of West Nile this year. Here's what to know about the virus
TORONTO - Confirmation of the first human case of West Nile virus acquired in Canada this year arrived just in time for the August long weekend. The Public Health Agency of Canada said Thursday that a...
Aug 02, 2025
Glencore accused of discharging copper concentrate dust at Horne smelter in Quebec
ROUYN-NORANDA - Glencore's Horne smelter in western Quebec is facing a charge under the province's environmental laws for allegedly releasing copper concentrate dust into the air in March 2023. Quebec...
Aug 01, 2025
Driver sped up after hitting Nanaimo area construction workers: police expert
NANAIMO - An expert's report of a fatal highway crash south of Nanaimo has been revealed, representing a key plank in Crown counsel's case during an ongoing trial. Findings from the suspect vehicle's ...
Aug 01, 2025
First human case of West Nile virus acquired in Canada this year confirmed
TORONTO - The Public Health Agency of Canada says this year's first human case of West Nile virus acquired within the country has been confirmed in Toronto. The confirmation comes after Toronto Public...
Jul 31, 2025
Police chief disappointed at alleged drug deals from chair outside consumption site
VICTORIA - Victoria's police chief says undercover operatives didn't have to look far to find evidence of criminality outside a safe consumption site in the city. A suspected cocaine dealer was sellin...
Jul 31, 2025
Diabetes Canada calls on federal government to reset pharmacare program
OTTAWA - As the federal Liberals consider a path forward for a national pharmacare plan, one advocacy group is calling on the government to rethink the program to make it work better for patients and ...
Jul 30, 2025
McGill University team develops AI that can detect infection before symptoms appear
MONTRAL - Researchers at McGill University say they developed an artificial intelligence platform that can predict when someone is about to come down with a respiratory tract infection before they sta...
Jul 30, 2025
Nanaimo's vote on motion to request injection site closure likely to be held in fall
The mayor of Nanaimo, B.C., says a deferred motion for the city to ask the local health authority to close an overdose prevention site near city hall will likely be settled in the fall. Leonard Krog s...
Jul 29, 2025