Tag Archives: health

EDMONTON - Naheed Nenshi is still looking to find his feet - and a seat in the legislature - after six months on the job as leader of Alberta's NDP. "I really am still getting my skis under me," the f...

TORONTO - As we enter 2025, Dr. Theresa Tam has her eye on H5N1 bird flu, an emerging virus that had its first human case in Canada this year. At the same time, Canada's chief public health officer is...

VANCOUVER - A motorcyclist is dead and another person has life-threatening injuries after a crash in Vancouver's Kitsilano neighbourhood on Christmas Eve. The Vancouver Police Department says it recei...

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is eager to show that her government can finally put the pieces of a dismantled provincial health-care system back together again in the new year. In a recent...

WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew's popularity shows little sign of waning more than a year after he led the provincial New Democrats to power. But there are some tough choices ahead as he tries t...

REGINA - Saskatchewan's two main political leaders had agreed before October's provincial election not to target the families of candidates during the campaign, says Opposition NDP Leader Carla Beck. ...

OTTAWA - Ten people were sent to hospital and one of them was suffering from life-threatening injuries after a suspected accidental case of carbon monoxide poisoning case Sunday morning, Ottawa police...

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government's plan to replace paper health cards with more durable and modern plastic ones is running a bit behind schedule. Premier Wab Kinew has said on a few occasions, inclu...

When Dean May's team of cleaners entered the home, dressed head to toe in protective suits, thick green dust covered every surface. "We literally left footprints when we were walking in the house," he...

A British Columbia community's "out-of-the-box" plan to ease its family doctor shortage by hiring physicians as city employees is sparking interest from across Canada, says Colwood Mayor Doug Kobayash...