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New Brunswick health network apologizes for use of restraints at psychiatric facility
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick's francophone health network is expressing remorse for the way its staff used restraints and seclusion rooms at an adult psychiatric facility in the province's north. Sbast...
Sep 24, 2025
Alberta Premier Smith dismisses critics who say she's misleading public on trans law
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith told critics of a law restricting health care for transgender youth Wednesday they need to read up on puberty, while Alberta doctors say she's being condescen...
Sep 24, 2025
Lack of planning, oversight led to Ontario home care supply shortages: ombudsman
TORONTO - Medical supply shortages last fall for palliative and home care patients were triggered by one vendor, but a lack of planning and oversight at a government agency contributed, Ontario's pati...
Sep 24, 2025
Interim report on Alberta health contract scandal not finished, won't be made public
EDMONTON - Alberta's government says it has yet to receive an interim report on the investigation into allegations of corruption over health contracts, but that it should be finished in the coming day...
Sep 24, 2025
Quebec family doctors to stop teaching medical students amid dispute with province
MONTREAL - Quebec's family doctors say they will join specialist physicians in refusing to teach medical students to pressure the government to shelve an unpopular bill. Doctors are in negotiations wi...
Sep 24, 2025
No evidence that Tylenol causes autism, say Health Canada, World Health Organization
TORONTO - Health Canada, the World Health Organization and Canadian autism experts say there is no evidence that taking Tylenol during pregnancy causes autism. Health Canada and the WHO issued stateme...
Sep 24, 2025
Thousands raised to help eight-year-old girl with mould toxicity breathe easier
After her daughter missed half a school year, one Saskatoon mother is fundraising to help keep her child in class. About three years ago, Nicole Berg went to pick up her daughter Victoria from school....
Sep 24, 2025 Nicole Berg, said she’s come to recognize her daughter Victoria’s condition as a "marathon," with ups and downs along the way. (Nicole Berg/Submitted)
Interim stay of cull order turns despair to joy on B.C. ostrich farm
EDGEWOOD, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - The mother and daughter at the centre of a movement to save their flock of 400 ostriches from a cull order had just finished a sombre and tearful prayer alongside ...
Sep 24, 2025
Nova Scotia premier defends his government’s historic $1.2-billion deficit
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's premier is defending his government's record $1.2-billion deficit, saying he is focused on growing the economy and making major investments in health care. When asked if Nova S...
Sep 23, 2025
The earlier the better for COVID and flu shots, doctor says
Fall might have just started, but there's another season coming soon - cold and flu. Medical Health Officer with the Saskatchewan Health Authority, Dr. Simon Kapaj, said low levels of seasonal viruses...
Sep 23, 2025 Dr. Simon Kapaj said if someone with a weakened immune system gets sick from a seasonal virus, "he or she might have some type of complications that might lead to severe presentation, which may require hospitalization." (CKOM file photo)
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