Tag Archives: Health
Infant born prematurely dies in southwestern Ontario after measles infection
TORONTO - An infant born prematurely and infected with measles has died in southwestern Ontario, Dr. Kieran Moore, Ontario's chief medical officer of health, said Thursday. The baby was infected with ...
Jun 05, 2025
Teva Canada brand Seasonale tablets recalled for extra placebo pills
Health Canada has issued a recall for a brand of birth control pills after some packages were packed with extra placebo tablets. The agency says the recall covers Seasonale Tablets made by Teva Canada...
Jun 05, 2025
Two lots of birth control pills recalled because they contained too many placebos
TORONTO - Health Canada says a pharmaceutical company has recalled two lots of Seasonale birth control because the packages contain too many placebo pills. The agency says Teva Canada Ltd. received a ...
Jun 04, 2025
Immigration minister defends border bill's restrictions on asylum claims
OTTAWA - Safeguards have been written into the government's border bill to ensure civil rights and due process are upheld in proposed immigration regulations, Immigration Minister Lena Diab said Wedne...
Jun 04, 2025
‘Another universe of pain and suffering’: Patients allege neglectful obstetrical and gynecological care by Toronto doctor
TORONTO - Marie-Louise Fitrion says she was asleep in a hospital bed when she woke up to an obstetrician's hand in her vagina. It was Oct. 25, 2018, the morning of giving birth to her second child, an...
Jun 04, 2025
Health minister says forced addictions treatment lacks evidence, feds won't intervene
OTTAWA - Federal Health Minister Marjorie Michel says there's no evidence that forcing people into addictions treatment works - but she won't weigh in on whether provinces should pursue involuntary tr...
Jun 03, 2025
Carney says he'll 'take note' of opposition motion to table a spring economic update
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney said he will "take note" of the successful opposition motion to add language calling for a spring economic update to the throne speech, but did not say when or how ...
Jun 03, 2025
Review of B.C. home-sharing program for adults with developmental disabilities
The British Columbia government is commissioning an independent review of the province's home-share program, months after an inquest into the starvation death of a woman with Down syndrome in a Port C...
Jun 02, 2025
B.C. ostrich farm calls for independent testing to prevent 'unnecessary destruction'
EDGEWOOD, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - The operators of a British Columbia ostrich flock that's facing a cull order after an avian flu outbreak are calling for independent testing of the birds to preven...
Jun 02, 2025
'She had multiple fractures:' woman rescued after rocky fall at Nanaimo's Pipers Lagoon
NANAIMO - A woman remains in hospital after a high fall off a rocky cliff.Emergency crews from Nanaimo Fire Rescue and BC Ambulance Service, along with RCMP, were called to Pipers Lagoon on Sunday, Ju...
Jun 02, 2025