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Health Canada approves Ozempic to reduce kidney deterioration in people with diabetes
TORONTO - Health Canada has approved Ozempic to reduce the risk of further kidney decline among patients with Type 2 diabetes. Between 30 and 50 per cent of people with Type 2 diabetes develop some fo...
Aug 19, 2025
Provinces have different measles vaccine schedules. Is it time to harmonize them?
TORONTO - Moving from Ontario to New Brunswick didn't just mean Jade Medeiros had to navigate a new province with two babies, she also had to figure out a new vaccination program. When her family move...
Aug 19, 2025
Housing crunch: Nova Scotia opens rental units for health-care workers in South Shore
LUNENBURG - Nova Scotia's government says it has opened the first phase of a housing project dedicated to help health-care workers find homes in the South Shore. Susan Corkum-Greek, member of legislat...
Aug 18, 2025
Doctors are seeing more non-smokers, especially women, with later-stage lung cancer
TORONTO - Katie Hulan's family doctor thought she might have asthma. Her cough, which had started about a month and a half earlier, was getting progressively worse. So he gave her some puffers to try,...
Aug 18, 2025
Lawyer 'very confident' a foreign adversary attacked Canadian diplomats in Cuba
OTTAWA - A lawyer for Canadian diplomats and their families says he believes the mysterious ailments they suffered in Cuba were caused by a foreign adversary, despite a federal government report that ...
Aug 17, 2025
Alberta COVID-19 vaccination program triggers confusion, criticism
EDMONTON - Health experts, advocates and unions are sounding the alarm over Alberta's plan for paid COVID-19 shots, calling it concerning and confusing. On Monday, two months after the province announ...
Aug 16, 2025
Six people report feeling 'sharp prick' in back of body at Montreal festival: police
MONTREAL - Montreal police have opened a criminal investigation into reports that people at a music festival last weekend were allegedly poisoned without their knowledge. Police say six people have re...
Aug 15, 2025 A Montreal police shoulder patch is seen on an officer in Montreal, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
Canada has most measles cases on the continent as infections up exponentially over 2024: Pan American Health Organization
TORONTO - The Pan American Health Organization says Canada has the highest number of measles cases on the continent and more action is needed to address low vaccination rates. The regional agency with...
Aug 15, 2025
More brands of Dubai chocolate recalled in salmonella outbreak linked to pistachios
More recalls have been issued for a popular type of chocolate after a salmonella outbreak linked to certain brands of pistachios and pistachio-containing products. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency ...
Aug 14, 2025
Yukon government approves $31.7 million in extra spending for wildfires, health
WHITEHORSE - The Yukon government says it has authorized a special warrant to spend up to $31.7 million this budget year to "advance key priorities and maintain essential services." Finance Minister S...
Aug 14, 2025
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, June 25
8:30 - After tabling the first volume of her 2026 report on Tuesday morning, Evan speaks with Saskatchewan's provincial ...
