Tag Archives: Health

TORONTO - Medical researchers and lawyers say our rocky relationship with the U.S. creates an urgent need to protect a critical Canadian resource: patient health information that can be used to train ...

WINNIPEG - The Speaker of the Manitoba legislature has apologized for saying an Opposition question was out of line and is threatening to toss politicians from the chamber if chaotic behaviour continu...

WINNIPEG - Tempers flared at the Manitoba legislature Tuesday as the Opposition Progressive Conservatives questioned the NDP government about a contract for mental health therapy, suggesting it may ha...

EDMONTON - Health officials in Alberta are reporting 29 new cases of measles, bringing the province's total to 118 since early March. The government says many of the new cases are in Alberta's south a...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's opposition parties say they're skeptical of the province's shrinking family doctor wait-list as they hear from constituents who've been removed from the list only to wait month...

QUBEC - Quebec's Health Department has declared an end to the measles outbreak in the province. A spokeswoman said today the department determined the outbreak was over after no new cases were reporte...

Saskatchewan saw some changes in the list of the most popular baby names in 2024, with Henry and Sophia taking the top spots. According to data from eHealth Saskatchewan, Sophia ended Olivia's nine-ye...

COLWOOD - A British Columbia city on Vancouver Island that's hiring doctors as municipal employees is "very close" to hiring two more physicians, and its mayor believes it will eventually exceed its g...

EDMONTON - A judge has granted Alberta's government its request to question the former head of the provincial health authority about confidential emails she is accused of keeping and sharing without p...

TORONTO - London Health Sciences Centre is the latest Canadian hospital to install a weapons detection system in its emergency department as health-care workers across the country continue to grapple ...