Tag Archives: Health

OTTAWA - The Federal Court has approved a multi-billion-dollar class-action settlement for people who suffered abuse at federally run 'Indian hospitals' following out-of-court negotiations between Ott...

MONTRAL - The search for three people who were unaccounted for after a medical transport helicopter crashed on Quebec's North Shore came to an end late Wednesday night after police divers located thei...

HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia government is making good use of its relationship with Halifax's wildly successful Lebanese community, announcing on Wednesday that it had secured agreements with two univers...

TORONTO - National health data shows overdose deaths in Canada dropped in 2024 but the toll still remained much higher than it was before the COVID-19 pandemic. A joint statement from the country's ch...

TORONTO - Seventy-two people have fallen ill after eating salami recalled due to possible salmonella contamination. The Public Health Agency of Canada released an updated notice on an outbreak of salm...

EDMONTON - Alberta's auditor general has been granted his request for nearly $1 million in extra funding to continue digging into allegations of corruption in private health-care contracts. Auditor ge...

CHILLIWACK - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has put up controls on the movements of birds around two commercial poultry farms experiencing the first outbreaks of virulent Newcastle disease in Can...

Ottawa is giving no sign that it intends to amend existing legislation on medical assistance in dying - something a UN committee called for earlier this spring. The federal minister responsible for di...

OTTAWA - Ottawa is giving no sign that it intends to amend existing legislation on medical assistance in dying - something a UN committee called for earlier this spring. The federal minister responsib...

VICTORIA - Victoria Mayor Marianne Alto says she's "thrilled" councillors have signalled support for a plan to address declining social order caused by homelessness, addiction and a fraying health car...