Tag Archives: Health

MONTRAL - Quebec's auto insurance board says fewer people died on the province's roads last year but the number of people hurt in collisions grew. The board's safety report says 371 people died on the...

OTTAWA - As Jocelyn Downie watched the Supreme Court of Canada strike down the laws criminalizing the act of helping someone end their life in 2015, she thought she'd better find something to do with ...

OTTAWA - Efforts to legalize assisted dying in Canada date back decades and the issue has been the subject of debate in Parliament and at the country's top court. Here are some key dates: 1892: Canada...

CULTUS LAKE - Twelve students were taken to hospital Monday after what appears to have been an electrical incident at a waterpark in British Columbia's Fraser Valley. Chilliwack RCMP Cpl. Carmen Kiene...

The Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO), based at the University of Saskatchewan, has signed a new partnership agreement with a European pathogen research network. The agreement between...

OTTAWA - The federal government says the toxic drug crisis continues to have devastating effects despite a drop in opioid-related deaths last year. Toxicity deaths declined by 23 per cent in 2025 due ...

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - Congolese authorities have reported one of the highest daily increases in Ebola cases as the virus spreads quickly and surveillance efforts improve in the month-old outbreak in ...

TORONTO - For some, the 10th anniversary of Canada legalizing medical assistance in dying might evoke a peaceful memory of their loved one's final moments. Others who long to die but are ineligible fo...

MONTREAL - Doctors say Quebec paved the way for medical assistance in dying in Canada and influenced federal MAID legislation, passed by the House of Commons 10 years ago to allow eligible adults to r...

CALGARY - Alberta is planning to ask residents in an Oct. 19 referendum whether the province should stay in Canada or if there should be a future binding referendum on separation. It was prompted by t...