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Protesters, advocates worry Quebec is complicating access to health care in English
MONTREAL - Several dozen protesters gathered in front of a Montreal hospital on Saturday afternoon to protest Quebec's French language reform law as anxieties deepen over the ability to access health-...
Jul 27, 2024
Quebec police arrest suspect after pedestrian killed in alleged hit and run
MONTREAL - Quebec provincial police are investigating a fatal hit and run that took place early on Saturday morning near Mont-Tremblant, Que, in the Laurentians region of the province. Police spokespe...
Jul 27, 2024
B.C.'s top doctor ends four-year COVID-19 public health emergency
VICTORIA - After four years that included mask mandates, vaccination requirements, gathering restrictions, surging hospitalizations and thousands of deaths, British Columbia's top doctor has ended the...
Jul 26, 2024
Ontario expanding access to RSV vaccines for young children, pregnant women
TORONTO - Ontario is doubling the number of children eligible for vaccination against a virus that can make young kids very sick. The province says infants and high-risk children up to two years old w...
Jul 26, 2024
How to protect yourself from bad air quality due to wildfire smoke
As wildfires burn in parts of Canada and the wind carries smoke into communities near and far, health experts are advising people to regularly check air quality ratings and take precautions. Wildfire ...
Jul 26, 2024
Poverty more prevalent among those who died during B.C.'s heat dome: study
VANCOUVER - A researcher who looked into deaths during the eight hottest days of B.C.'s deadly heat dome says that equitably addressing the impacts of climate change would mean placing a larger focus ...
Jul 25, 2024
Canada's premiers forced to confront escalating natural disasters
HALIFAX - As Canada's premiers reckoned with housing, health care and their contentious relationship with Ottawa during meetings last week in Halifax, many of them remained consumed by climate change-...
Jul 25, 2024
One dose of HPV vaccine now recommended for younger groups, immunization committee says
The National Advisory Committee on Immunization is now recommending one dose of HPV vaccine for children and youth between nine and 20 years old. It is maintaining its two-dose recommendation for peop...
Jul 24, 2024
Ontario considering expanding pharmacists' powers to treat more common ailments
TORONTO - Ontario is looking to expand the responsibilities of pharmacists to allow them to treat more illnesses. Health Minister Sylvia Jones says the province is consulting with the industry on trea...
Jul 24, 2024
B.C., Ottawa ink $426M deals to support care assistants, drugs for rare diseases
VANCOUVER - Ottawa is providing $426 million to support heath care in British Columbia. A statement from Health Canada says $232 million will flow through an "aging with dignity agreement" to help pay...
Jul 23, 2024
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