Tag Archives: Health

The metal-clad portable classrooms are arranged in a semicircle on a snowy sports field at Tumbler Ridge Elementary. It's a 15-minute walk from the community's secondary school, where five students an...

VANCOUVER - Myles Gray had injuries that "looked like a hanging" when he died following an altercation with Vancouver police, a paramedic told a hearing into the actions of seven officers. Scott McEwe...

VANCOUVER - The Federal Court of Appeal has dismissed a bid by a fired B.C. health executive to seek employment insurance benefits, nearly five years after he lost his job for refusing the COVID-19 va...

MONTREAL - A Quebec coroner is calling for better mental health support and resources for people who apply for medical assistance in dying, in response to the case of a 91-year-old Montreal-area man w...

TORONTO - Nancy Saunders says her son Ben Brennan accomplished so much in his short life. He was an exceptional musician, loved writing and was a freelance recording engineer, she said. Brennan played...

Soon after Rhiana Stryd moved to the scenic lakeside Village of Granisle in British Columbia's northern Interior in the fall of 2024, she says she began noticing her parents' health going downhill, wh...

WINNIPEG - A recently built protective care centre in central Winnipeg has started to detain people intoxicated with methamphetamines and other drugs for up to 72 hours, Premier Wab Kinew said Wednesd...

Alberta Hospitals Minister Matt Jones says he doesn't blame doctors for the delay in a core government plan to address extreme pressures in the province's emergency departments. Jones said Tuesday he'...

TORONTO - A new survey suggests about three million Canadian adults are currently taking GLP-1 drugs such as Ozempic or Mounjaro and that many more would like to, but cost is a barrier. The poll condu...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court cleared the way Monday for California schools to tell religious parents if their children identify as transgender without getting the student's approval, granting a...