Tag Archives: Health

MONTREAL - The 2023 death of a Quebec teen who was poisoned from a synthetic opioid should raise alarm bells for authorities to do more to prevent similar tragedies, says a coroner's report released t...

TORONTO - Imperial Tobacco is rejecting what it says are major changes to a landmark $32.5-billion settlement that would see it and two other tobacco companies compensate provinces, territories and ex...

CALGARY - The Alberta government has named Assisted Living Alberta as the last of four new public agencies taking over provincial health care from Alberta Health Services. Seniors, Community and Socia...

EDMONTON - Alberta's government has ended a funding contract for a non-profit organization that provides education and resources for gambling addiction. Ray Reshke, executive director of the Edmonton-...

FREDERICTON - Jenica Atwin is leaving federal politics for the "time being" in part because of the online hate she receives, saying the level of toxicity she's had to face has been surprising. The Fre...

OTTAWA - Health Minister Mark Holland is calling on the federal NDP to give the Liberal government more time in power to sign bilateral deals on pharmacare. "I would put it back to (NDP Leader) Jagmee...

CALGARY - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she's not sure which recommendations from a controversial COVID-19 report her government will implement. The 269-page report, released publicly without no...

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government has ordered a regional health authority to cut the amount of money its spends on private-agency nurses by 15 per cent by March of next year. Premier Wab Kinew says P...

Canada's top doctor says she is concerned about measles outbreaks with a growing number of cases acquired locally and spreading in Ontario and Quebec. Dr. Theresa Tam says the majority of recent infec...

HALIFAX - Three hospital employees were injured in what Nova Scotia's health minister says was an armed assault by a patient Wednesday afternoon at the Halifax Infirmary emergency department. Halifax ...