Tag Archives: Health

OTTAWA - New Democrat Leader Jagmeet Singh says he's not interested in forcing a federal election with a second wave of COVID-19 looming, if he can work with the Liberals to bring much-needed help to ...

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 6:59 p.m. EDT on Sept. 18, 2020: There are 141,911 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 66,653 confirmed (including 5,792 deaths, 58,218 ...

Young Canadians have been vaping less frequently since the COVID-19 pandemic began, a new survey has found, but the lead researcher cautions the habit is still an epidemic among youth. The survey, con...

The Jim Pattison Children's Hospital is quickly approaching its first anniversary. A new statue was unveiled to mark the occasion by special guests like Health Minister Jim Reiter and namesake donor J...

OTTAWA - Canada's premiers unanimously demanded Friday that the federal government fork over at least $28 billion more each year for health care, among other big-ticket items on their wish list for ne...

VICTORIA - British Columbia is introducing a new saline gargle test for students from kindergarten to Grade 12 to help make COVID-19 testing easier for children and teenagers. Provincial health o...

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The province of Newfoundland and Labrador was justified in banning most travel from other provinces because of the COVID-19 pandemic, a provincial Supreme Court judge ruled on Thurs...

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole slammed the federal Liberal government Thursday for failing to issue an emergency approval for rapid COVID-19 tests after he and his family joined a growing l...

OTTAWA - A coalition of organizations representing the tourism sector says the federal government must keep its wage-subsidy program in place well into next year to help businesses with dire prospects...

The arrival of COVID-19 has taken the concept of telemedicine from a pipe dream to a fixture across Ontario, with many doctors expressing the hope that the change is here to stay long beyond the pande...