Tag Archives: Health

OTTAWA - Canada's top public-health official Theresa Tam says Canada has begun to look at surveillance for local transmission of the novel coronavirus, just as the United States co...

Canadian veterinarians are at greater risk of struggling with mental health-related issues than the general public, a recent study suggests. The study, published recently in t...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will sit down with provincial and territorial leaders on March 13 to wrestle with some of the thorny issues that are dividing the nation. The first ministers' me...

VANCOUVER - A lawyer for patients and doctors fighting to maintain public health care in British Columbia says a proponent for private care wants to benefit from provincial regulation of pri...

Demand, delays and inefficiencies are to blame for the ongoing struggles and capacity issues at major emergency rooms in the province. Results of a review requested by Health Minister Jim Reiter late ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. - For the Democrats vying to challenge Donald Trump, growing public concern about the possible spread of the new coronavirus and the White House response couldn't have come at a bette...

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer's campaign commitment not to reopen the debate on abortion has not stopped a Conservative MP from introducing a private member's bil...

Health officials in Ontario have confirmed another case of the novel coronavirus in the province. There have been 13 cases of COVID-19 diagnosed in Canada - six in Ontario and seven in Briti...

TORONTO - Ontario's top medical official says there has been a sixth confirmed case of the novel coronavirus in the province. Dr. David Williams said the man is the husband of a woman who was dia...

Most of Calgary's city councillors had lunch at a restaurant in Chinatown this week to try to help reduce fears about the new coronavirus. Businesses in Chinatowns across Canada have reported a drop i...