Tag Archives: health

MONTREAL - A group of Quebec doctors is warning that poor air quality can cause long-term adverse health effects. The Quebec chapter of the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment also ...

BRANDON - The Manitoba government announced Wednesday an increase in doctor training in the western part of the province - the latest in a series of spending announcements in an area where a byelectio...

FREDERICTON - Public health officials in New Brunswick said Wednesday the number of confirmed measles cases in the province's south-central region has risen to five. On Tuesday officials said there we...

British Columbia's representative for children and youth says some progress is being made to improve the child welfare system, but she's concerned "fiscal limitations" will prevent timely help from ge...

OTTAWA - The Federal Court of Appeal reserved its decision in a case involving two B.C. farmers who are fighting an order from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to destroy around 400 ostriches after...

OTTAWA - The Federal Court says Indigenous Services Canada acted unreasonably to deny funding for mould removal in a house for two First Nations children with asthma under its Jordan's Principle progr...

OTTAWA - The B.C. ostrich farmers who lost dozens of birds in an outbreak of avian flu last winter will be heading to the Federal Court of Appeal on Tuesday as they try to stop the remainder of their ...

EDMONTON - Alberta has surpassed the United States in confirmed measles cases, after 30 new cases were diagnosed over the weekend. The province reported Monday that it has seen 1,314 cases since the b...

Wildfire season is upon us once again, and smoke is reducing air quality through swaths of the country. Environment Canada suggests people check the Air Quality Health Index daily to determine how muc...

VICTORIA - The value of a supervised consumption site in the heart of Victoria's most downtrodden neighbourhood is under debate - is it a life-saving tool, or a magnet for drug dealers victimizing tho...