Tag Archives: Health

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is expecting to post a deficit of more than $1 billion for the fiscal year, with overspending in health care driving the projected shortfall. Numbers from the provin...

SUN PEAKS, BRITISH COLUMBIA - Al Raine, the only mayor of Sun Peaks Resort Municipality and husband of champion skier Nancy Greene Raine, has died at the age of 83. Raine issued a statement on Saturda...

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says using the notwithstanding clause to shield her government's transgender health restrictions is on the table as a "last resort." A provincial law will ban...

TORONTO - As the federal government looks to drastically reduce its immigration targets over the next few years, the mayors of northern Ontario's largest cities say they need more immigrants to sustai...

OTTAWA - The RCMP's police dog training centre has been plagued by staffing shortages, low morale and rundown facilities that pose health risks to officers and canines, an internal review says. The ev...

VANCOUVER - A confidence agreement between British Columbia's New Democrats and the provincial Green Party stabilizes David Eby's bare-majority government, while putting Green election promises on the...

TORONTO - Raging Canadian wildfires that choked North America under clouds of smoke last year may have contributed to a spike in doctor visits for lung and heart problems thousands of kilometres away,...

TORONTO - The Canadian Epilepsy Alliance says an ongoing shortage of an epilepsy medication is leaving some patients worried they'll start to have seizures again if they switch to an alternative. The ...

A brand new Jim Pattison Children's Hospital Foundation fund is designed to relieve financial stress felt by parents while their kids are in the hospital. The 'Dr. G NICU/PICU Fund' will focus on the ...

OTTAWA - More than 15,000 people received medical assistance in dying in Canada in 2023, but federal statistics show the growth in cases has slowed significantly. Health Canada said in its fifth annua...