Tag Archives: Health
Move to national PharmaCare expands B.C. residents access to diabetes, hormone drugs
VICTORIA - The national PharmaCare program will start in British Columbia on Sunday, giving residents free access to a variety of diabetes medications and menopausal hormone therapy. Health Minister J...
Feb 26, 2026
Myles Gray had injected testosterone, doctor tells hearing into police-involved death
VANCOUVER - A man who died after being beaten by police in 2015 had been injecting unprescribed testosterone, his family doctor told a public hearing into the death. But Dr. Christoffel Mentz-Serfonte...
Feb 26, 2026
B.C. worker's muscle, joint injury claims cost more than $2 billion over five years
RICHMOND - British Columbia's workers' compensation agency says claims for musculoskeletal injuries - those involving muscles, joints, tendons and nerves - have resulted in more than $2.35 billion in ...
Feb 26, 2026
Quebec campaign aims to combat alpha male influencers who trivialize sexual violence
MONTRAL - Universities and junior colleges across Quebec are launching a new campaign to counter the rise of male influencers. The bilingual strategy is part of the third phase of the campaign entitle...
Feb 26, 2026
Quebec campaign aims to combat alpha male influencers who trivialize sexual violence
MONTRAL - Universities and junior colleges across Quebec are launching a new campaign to counter the rise of male influencers. The bilingual strategy is part of the third phase of the campaign entitle...
Feb 26, 2026
Feds announce more than $41.5 million for cancer prevention research
OTTAWA - The federal government has announced more than $41 million for cancer prevention research. A news release said six research funding organizations contributed funds, including the Canadian Ins...
Feb 26, 2026
B.C. man cured of rare disease in world-first for new gene-editing technology
Ty Sperle says he felt "insane shock" after learning he'd been cured of a rare genetic disease through a clinical trial using a new gene-editing treatment. The B.C. man says he'd started that day last...
Feb 26, 2026
B.C. man cured of rare disease in world-first for new gene-editing technology
Ty Sperle says he felt "insane shock" after learning he'd been cured of a rare genetic disease through a clinical trial using a new gene-editing treatment. The B.C. man says he'd started that day last...
Feb 26, 2026
Vance says administration is pausing some Medicaid funding to Minnesota because of fraud concerns
WASHINGTON (AP) - Vice President JD Vance announced Wednesday that the Trump administration would "temporarily halt" some Medicaid funding to the state of Minnesota over fraud concerns, as part of wha...
Feb 25, 2026
Newsweek ranks UHN's Toronto General the second-best hospital in the world
TORONTO - An annual hospital ranking by Newsweek magazine has deemed Toronto General the second-best in the world. The University Health Network (UHN) hospital has moved up a spot since last year, pla...
Feb 25, 2026