Tag Archives: Health

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government is working on a deal to send scores of its controversial stash of unused children's pain medication to Ukraine. Smith told reporters Frida...

OTTAWA - The federal government is pledging $675 million for vaccination programs aimed at children in developing countries. The office of International Development Minister Ahmed Hussen says the fund...

EDMONTON - Mounties in Alberta have launched an investigation following a complaint regarding the province's front-line medical care provider, Alberta Health Services. RCMP won't provide details, but ...

VICTORIA - The British Columbia and federal governments have signed a four-year, $670-million pharmacare agreement, giving universal access to contraceptive and diabetes medications. The plan will sup...

OTTAWA - A crowd of survivors of so-called "Indian hospitals" gathered on Parliament Hill Thursday to hear the federal government say what they've been waiting years to hear: We believe you. Ottawa an...

HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia government is failing to adequately address the recent spike in gender-based violence, an advocacy group for reproductive health says. The non-profit group Wellness Within is...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration on Wednesday moved to drop an emergency abortion case in Idaho in one of its first moves on the issue since President Donald Trump began his second term. The...

WINNIPEG - Politicians accused each other of failing to stand up against U.S. tariffs Wednesday as the Manitoba legislature reconvened after a winter break. Josh Guenter, a member of the Opposition Pr...

EDMONTON - Alberta's child and youth advocate is questioning a proposed change from Premier Danielle Smith's government that would limit investigations into deaths of young adults. "I can't get on boa...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration signaled Tuesday it will move to let Idaho enforce its strict abortion ban, even in the treatment of pregnant women suffering medical emergencies, a dramatic...