Tag Archives: Health

OTTAWA - A Canadian smartphone app meant to warn users if they've been in close contact with someone who tests positive for COVID-19 is now in beta testing. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in ...

REGINA - A young man pleaded for help as he was being led out of a hospital by security before taking his own life in a lake on the Saskatchewan legislature grounds.  The final moments ...

LOS ANGELES - Clint Eastwood sued several companies that sell CBD supplements on Wednesday, alleging that they are falsely using his name and image to push products he would never agree to endorse. Tw...

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 5:52 p.m. on July 23, 2020: There are 112,672 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 58,080 confirmed (including 5,662 deaths, 50,505 resol...

VANCOUVER - Indigenous and civil liberties groups say the British Columbia government failed to consult them before proposing legislation that would force youth under 19 to stay in hospital after...

TORONTO - For-profit long-term care homes in Ontario saw significantly worse outbreaks of COVID-19 and more related deaths than their non-profit or municipally run counterparts, according to a new stu...

OTTAWA - With an uptick in new cases of COVID-19 in Canada sparking concerns about a second wave of the illness, advocates for seniors in long-term care say more federal support must start flowin...

WINNIPEG - Hosting hundreds of players, coaches and staff in Winnipeg for the Canadian Football League season could boost the economy without leading to a spike in COVID-19 numbers, Man...

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 6:26 p.m. on July 22, 2020: There are 112,240 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 57,938 confirmed (including 5,662 deaths, 50,373 resol...

VANCOUVER - A long-term care home in North Vancouver that was the site of Canada's first confirmed COVID-19 death says it received a hoax call as the outbreak began that created "needless fe...