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Vet tranquillizer increases overdose deaths in Yukon, health minister says
WHITEHORSE - The Yukon government says its coroner's service is investigating six suspected toxic drug deaths between Sept. 23 and Oct. 4. A statement from the health minister says four of the deaths ...
Oct 11, 2024
Alberta United Conservative Party members set to debate more transgender policies
EDMONTON - Alberta's United Conservative Party members will soon debate 35 policy resolutions that include banning transgender people from women's washrooms, prohibiting non-binary gender identifiers ...
Oct 11, 2024
Minister says not enough beds for compulsory care for addictions across the country
OTTAWA - Provinces and territories need to do more to expand and improve their treatment services for people suffering from addictions and mental health conditions before they contemplate whether to m...
Oct 11, 2024
Sask. NDP releases entire platform addressing health, schools, economy
SASKATOON, Sask. - Saskatchewan New Democratic Leader Carla Beck has put her entire platform to voters before the Oct. 28 election. Beck says her plan offers change that is needed to help Saskatchewan...
Oct 11, 2024 On Friday, Saskatchewan NDP Leader Carla Beck released her party's full platform ahead of the provincial election. (Mia Holowaychuk/650 CKOM)
N.B. election: Liberals promise full coverage for one round of in vitro fertilization
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick's Liberals are promising to cover the cost of one round of in vitro fertilization treatment for people trying to start a family. Leader Susan Holt told a news conference Fr...
Oct 11, 2024
Trudeau touts progress on pharmacare, calls on premiers to cut deals
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is calling on provinces and territories to start negotiating pharmacare deals as soon as possible, now that the federal legislation to enact the program has beco...
Oct 11, 2024
Saskatchewan NDP's Beck says election is bigger than politics, change possible
REGINA - Saskatchewan New Democratic Leader Carla Beck says she's asking voters to think beyond party politics and support what's best for the province when they go to the polls on Oct. 28. Beck says ...
Oct 10, 2024
Manitoba government lowers age for self-referral breast cancer screening
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government has announced a plan to expand breast cancer screening for the second time in a month. Health Minister Uzoma Asagwara says the minimum age for self-referrals will dr...
Oct 10, 2024
Poilievre supports mandatory drug, psychiatric treatment for kids, prisoners
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is in favour of mandatory, involuntary drug and psychiatric treatment for kids and prisoners who are found to be incapable of making decisions for themsel...
Oct 10, 2024
Alberta health minister announces resident physician pay deal as family doctors wait
EDMONTON - Alberta's government has reached a new tentative four-year pay deal with resident physicians as the province grapples with overcrowding in hospitals and a potential health-care labour disru...
Oct 09, 2024
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