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'Disturbing' scenes, record overdoses, as powerful sedative hits B.C. drug supply
VANCOUVER - Last weekend, frontline health workers in Trail, B.C., reported "disturbing" scenes to Dr. Karin Goodison, medical health officer with Interior Health. She said workers were finding about ...
Jan 29, 2026
Quebec private doctors challenge law forcing five years of public system work
MONTREAL - Quebec's private doctors federation is mounting a legal challenge against a law that requires all new doctors to practice in the province's public system for five years. The Fdration des md...
Jan 29, 2026
Protest campaign planned as Alberta government workers return to office: union
EDMONTON - Alberta's 9,000 unionized provincial employees are going back to the office full-time starting this weekend, but not without a brown bag protest. Bobby-Joe Borodey, vice-president of the Al...
Jan 29, 2026
More caregivers in Quebec eligible for compensation under new home health policy
MONTREAL - Quebec is launching a new home health-care policy that will make some family caregivers eligible for government funding. Health Minister Sonia Blanger says the policy is aimed at improving ...
Jan 29, 2026
'Health-care systems are not built for us': LGBTQ+ people struggle to get good care
TORONTO - A new report says LGBTQ+ people in Canada aren't getting access to the health care they need - including mental-health treatment -compared to the general population. The Pink Paper on Health...
Jan 29, 2026
Health ministry warns of dangerous drugs in Saskatoon after series of six overdoses
The Saskatchewan Ministry of Health says dangerous drugs circulating in Saskatoon may contain fentanyl, a sedative known as medetomidine and "other unknown substances." The ministry said Prairie Harm ...
Jan 29, 2026 The ministry said Prairie Harm Reduction, a supervised drug consumption site, reported six overdoses between Monday and Wednesday. (650 CKOM file photo)
Months after B.C. ostrich cull, why does protest movement persist?
Melody Leinweber's latest tattoo is a stylized portrait of an ostrich with a colourful beak, pink and turquoise stars around its head and a twinkle in its eyes. The mother of four from West Kelowna, B...
Jan 29, 2026
Cuts coming as New Brunswick government looks to revamp economy: Premier Holt
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt says her government has a plan to transform the provincial economy, but warns doing so will require difficult decisions, including cuts to government spe...
Jan 29, 2026
'More than a doorway': Expanded entrance, healing centre at St. Paul's Hospital to open Thurs.
A major project at Saskatoon's St. Paul's Hospital is ready to open to the public. The grand reopening of the renovated and expanded front entrance at the hospital, along with the Kikwnaw wki Healing ...
Jan 28, 2026 The entrance features a covered area for patients to be dropped off and picked up, along with enhanced lighting, additional washrooms, a gift shop and services including patient registration and security. (Mia Holowaychuk/650 CKOM)
Drug alert issued in Punnichy area after five overdoses, including one fatality
An alert about toxic drugs has been issued for a Saskatchewan village following a string of overdoses, including one fatality. According to the Saskatchewan Ministry of Health, Mounties from the Punni...
Jan 28, 2026 While using illegal drugs always poses risks, the ministry said the danger can be reduced by getting a take-home naloxone kit, calling the National Overdose Response Service and using drug-checking services. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
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