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Alberta partially rolls out new surgery funding model for public hospitals
Alberta is rolling out a new surgery funding model that ties money to patients, starting in a dozen public hospitals across the province. The government calls it patient-focused funding and says it be...
Jun 01, 2026
Congolese Montrealers have plans upended by Canada's Ebola travel restrictions
MONTREAL - An international student from the Democratic Republic of Congo says she was blocked from returning to Montreal because of Ebola-related travel restrictions - despite the fact she hasn't vis...
Jun 01, 2026
N.B. should halt transition to new virtual-health-care provider: Opposition Tories
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick's Opposition leader is calling on the Liberal government to put off the province's planned shift to a new virtual-health-care provider. Glen Savoie, leader of the Progressi...
May 29, 2026
Gov. Gen. Simon launches mental health project for North, Indigenous communities
OTTAWA - Outgoing Gov. Gen. Mary Simon has launched a project to fund community-based mental health services in Northern and Indigenous communities. The legacy project will be run with support from th...
May 29, 2026
Quebec lawyers finding creative ways to reach potential opioid class-action members
MONTREAL - When Caroline Rivest broke her ankle a few years ago, a doctor prescribed her a powerful opioid for three months to help with the pain. She was hooked in no time. After her prescription ran...
May 29, 2026
Public Health Agency of Canada defends decision to restrict travel from Ebola-affected countries
TORONTO - The Public Health Agency of Canada says temporarily blocking entry for people coming from Ebola-affected countries is necessary to reduce the risk of importing the disease, despite the World...
May 28, 2026
More than 24,000 immigration documents could be suspended by Ebola border measures
The immigration department says more than 24,000 travel documents could be suspended by the government's measures to keep Ebola out of Canada. The government announced a 90-day suspension of a variety...
May 28, 2026 Workers offload medical and emergency supplies donated by the European Union to support frontline workers fighting Ebola at the national airport in Bunia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on Thursday, May 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)
Manitoba bill would reduce availability of flavoured vapes; one group wants more
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government plans to greatly reduce the number of locations where flavoured vaping products can be sold, but one group says the idea does not go far enough and lags behind effor...
May 26, 2026
Canada implements stricter travel, immigration measures in response to Ebola crisis
TORONTO - The Canadian government is imposing a mandatory 21-day self-isolation period for travellers from Ebola-affected regions, while immigration authorities are temporarily suspending decisions on...
May 26, 2026
Former police chief Clive Weighill shares details of security review at Sask. health facilities
Former Saskatoon police chief Clive Weighill is leading an independent review of security and safety at Saskatchewan's health-care facilities. Weighill, who also previously served as Saskatchewan's ch...
May 26, 2026 Clive Weighill, then Saskatchewan’s chief coroner, speaking to reporters at the inquest into the mass killing on the James Smith Cree Nation and Weldon, Saskatchewan on Jan. 31, 2024. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
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