Tag Archives: health

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...

VANCOUVER - A fake nurse who "used a weapon each time she inserted a needle" in patients has been sentenced to another four years in prison on top of the remaining three years she is already serving i...

TORONTO - Toronto's public health agency says people who travelled through Pearson Airport earlier this month may have been exposed to measles. Toronto Public Health says a person with a case of measl...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's budget deficit for the current fiscal year is now projected at $247.5 million - almost $220 million less than estimated in last February's budget. Finance Minister John Lohr re...

VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has repealed a law it passed last year to restrict drug use in some public areas because successful court challenges prevented it from being brought into for...

VANCOUVER - The family of a 52-year-old man who received medical assistance in dying while on a day pass from a Vancouver psychiatric hospital has launched a constitutional challenge to the procedure'...

CALGARY - The Alberta government unveiled a new pay model Thursday that it says will reward family doctors for bringing on patients and pay them for work done behind the scenes. It says the model will...

Health Minister Mark Holland says he's optimistic about the role artificial intelligence can play in Canada's health system, but says much of its promise will take time to realize. Holland says he exp...

VANCOUVER - When Vancouver police deputy chief Fiona Wilson addressed reporters Tuesday about two Central Saanich police officers facing sexual assault charges, she called the allegations "deeply corr...

WINNIPEG - Manitoba's auditor general is calling for better cybersecurity at the province's main health-care planning body, and better financial reporting from the provincial government. In the first ...