Tag Archives: Health

OTTAWA - Canada's tourism industry is bracing for the impact of the novel coronavirus on the number of foreign visitors this summer travel season. Some experts are already seeing a change in the numbe...

VICTORIA - British Columbia is asking travellers from China and Iran to isolate themselves for 14 days when they return home to Canada after confirming a ninth case of COVID-19. Dr. Bonnie Henry,...

EDMONTON - An Alberta MP says 13 Canadians detained in Ethiopia have received bail. Heather McPherson, the NDP's international development critic and a former executive director of the Alber...

Public health officials say 29 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus have been diagnosed in Canada so far, with 20 cases reported in Ontario, eight in British Columbia and one in Quebec. Here ...

TORONTO - Ontario now has 20 cases of the novel coronavirus, with two new people added to the tally today. Health officials have not yet divulged details about the new cases. But a spate of new o...

HALIFAX - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the government is working with the international community to make sure it does everything that is necessary to ensure Canadians are kept safe fr...

OTTAWA - Dr. Ellen Wiebe has helped 260 intolerably suffering Canadians end their lives over the past four years, including a few who likely would have lived up to another decade on the...

VANCOUVER - The potential for a worldwide pandemic has kept scientists in Canada at the ready and placed them at the forefront of the global response to the outbreak of the new coronavi...

Some Canadian transit agencies are quietly taking steps to protect customers against the novel coronavirus that's been sounding alarm bells around the world. Several say they have stepped up efforts t...

VICTORIA - Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says British Columbia is monitoring the deaths of six people from novel coronavirus in Washington state and there is no evidence of widesprea...