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New HIV prevention guidelines say doctors should not be 'gatekeeping' PrEP
A coalition of doctors across Canada is releasing a new guideline for prescribing medications that can prevent HIV infection, with a strong focus on increasing the promotion and awareness of the expan...
Nov 30, 2025
UNAIDS chief urges Carney not to cut foreign aid, global health funding
OTTAWA - The head of the United Nations' HIV/AIDS program is urging Prime Minister Mark Carney to reverse his government's planned cuts to foreign aid and global health funding. "My message to Prime M...
Nov 30, 2025
Most assisted deaths in Canada come after cancer diagnosis, annual report finds
OTTAWA - Most people who chose medical assistance in dying in 2024 had a cancer diagnosis and were over the age of 70, new data from Health Canada shows. The country's annual report on medical assista...
Nov 28, 2025
'Frustrating': Veterinarians urge regulatory changes as medicine shortages mount
REGINA - Canadian veterinarians no longer have to access to 40 per cent of medications they once were able to use, a figure the head of the national association says is worrying. Tracy Fisher, preside...
Nov 27, 2025
SHA expanding point-of-care testing program to Assiniboia, Esterhazy, Kipling, Rosthern
The Saskatchewan Health Authority is expanding its point-of-care testing program to four new communities. The program, which the health authority said is designed to help improve service at ERs in rur...
Nov 27, 2025 The program will be up and running in Kipling at the start of December, the health authority said, while the other communities will be notified when the program begins in their area. (Mia Holowaychuk/650 CKOM)
Roommates 31 years apart in age free one another from hiding Parkinson's
Roommates Li Jiang and Elaine Jongsma are 31 years apart in age, but they have much in common. Their late November birthdays fall one day away from one another, and celebrations are set for this weeke...
Nov 27, 2025
Committee MPs amend border bill to restrict health, other benefits to deportees
OTTAWA - MPs on the House of Commons national security committee have amended the government's border security bill, C-12, to restrict the benefits people subject to removal orders can access. MPs deb...
Nov 26, 2025
B.C. drug club co-founder surprised by lack of 'urgency' from Health Canada on crisis
VANCOUVER - A co-founder of Vancouver's Drug User Liberation Front said he was surprised by Health Canada's lack of "urgency" about the deadly toxic drug crisis, and the absence of a pharmaceutical-gr...
Nov 26, 2025
Lawsuit being considered in death of Quebec man who sought MAID over bedsores
MONTREAL - The partner of a quadriplegic Quebec man who sought a medically assisted death after developing painful bedsores during a hospital stay in 2024 is considering legal action. Sylvie Brosseau'...
Nov 26, 2025
Saskatoon overdose alert updated after additional death, carfentanil detected
A dangerous drug alert for the Saskatoon area has been updated following an additional overdose death - at least the third in the city since Nov. 17. According to the Saskatchewan Ministry of Health, ...
Nov 26, 2025 According to the Saskatchewan health ministry, Prairie Harm Reduction reported that carfentanil has been detected in drugs that were sold as fentanyl. The drugs appeared as “brown chunks,” the ministry said. (Saskatchewan Ministry of Health/Submitted)
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