Tag Archives: health

TORONTO - Ontario is set to expand the number of clinics where people can access publicly funded fertility services such as in vitro fertilization, as part of a $150-million expansion to the program. ...

MONTREAL - Quebec's Health Department says it will be ready to meet the expected demand for advanced applications for medical assistance in dying when it begins accepting those requests next week. Dr....

FREDERICTON - Susan Holt, New Brunswick's premier-designate, met with her newly elected Liberal team on Thursday and announced their top priorities for the coming weeks. Having already announced a fou...

TORONTO - A new report by the Canadian Institute for Health Information says 83 per cent of adults in this country have a regular primary-care provider, but that still leaves 5.4 million adults withou...

WINNIPEG - A woman told court Thursday that years of counselling and medications have failed to keep away nightmares about the gruesome killings of her daughter and two young grandchildren. Tammi St. ...

SASKATOON, Sask. - Saskatchewan NDP Leader Carla Beck has addressed the province's Federation of Labour convention ahead of Monday's provincial election. She says working people have played a critical...

Researchers out of Alaska say some polar bears in the Arctic now face a greater risk of contracting several pathogens that weren't a threat to the animals decades ago. The study, published in the peer...

EDMONTON - The Alberta Pharmacists' Association says upcoming government cuts to service compensation fees will have a big impact on pharmacists and also patient care. Health Minister Adriana LaGrange...

A $1 million donation will bring state-of-the-art mammography machines to breast cancer screening sites in Regina and Saskatoon. According to Cancer Foundation of Saskatchewan, the donation from PTI T...

The Canadian Paediatric Society says doctors should regularly screen children for reading difficulties and dyslexia, calling low literacy a "serious public-health concern" that can increase the risk o...