Tag Archives: Health

OTTAWA - Canada's national budget watchdog says expanding and upgrading the country's long-term care system would come with a hefty price tag. A report published this morning by parliamentary budget o...

GENEVA (AP) - The head of the World Health Organization is calling for a moratorium on administering booster shots of COVID-19 vaccines as a way to help ensure that doses are available in countries wh...

OTTAWA - A new poll suggests more Canadians believe the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic has not passed as concerns rise about a fourth wave of infections driven by the spread of the highly contagious D...

OTTAWA - Canadians may have to wait a few days to find out the final results of a federal election called in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Canada's chief electoral officer warns. And they may fi...

As COVID-19 vaccination rates increase and case numbers drop across the country, the provinces and territories have begun releasing the reopening plans for businesses, events and recreational faciliti...

The NCAA has fallen short of upholding its commitment to gender equity by prioritizing its cash cow Division I men's basketball tournament "over everything else," according a scathing review released ...

OTTAWA - U.S. Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham says he is infected with COVID-19 but because he is fully vaccinated, he is mainly suffering from what feels like a mild sinus infection. For public health...

IQALUIT, Nunavut - The Nunavut government has released a long-term plan that it says will work toward treating COVID-19 like any other vaccine-preventable disease in the territory. The plan, which is ...

YELLOWKNIFE - The federal government says five more communities in the Northwest Territories can now receive the Nutrition North subsidy. Retailers in Nahanni Butte, Tsiigehtchic, Fort McPherson, Inuv...

CALGARY - Premier Jason Kenney says he respects the advice of Alberta's top doctor to lift all COVID-19 public health orders, as local leaders and health-care experts from across the country continue ...