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B.C. mayors seek 'immediate action' from governments on mental health crisis
VANCOUVER - Mayors, First Nations leaders, and law enforcement officials are pleading with the federal and provincial governments to take "immediate action" to address what they call dual "crises" of ...
Sep 16, 2024
These people say they got listeria after drinking recalled plant-based milks
TORONTO - Sanniah Jabeen holds a sonogram of the unborn baby she lost after contracting listeria last December. Beneath, it says "love at first sight." Jabeen says she believes she and her baby were p...
Sep 16, 2024
Federal money and sales taxes help pump up New Brunswick budget surplus
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick's finance minister says the province recorded a surplus of $500.8 million for the fiscal year that ended in March. Ernie Steeves says the amount - more than 10 times higher...
Sep 16, 2024
Ontario considers further expanding pharmacists' scope to include more minor ailments
TORONTO - Ontario is proposing to further expand pharmacists' scope of practice by adding to the list of minor ailments they can assess, allowing them to administer more vaccines and order some lab te...
Sep 16, 2024
Eby pledges involuntary care for severe addictions in B.C., ahead of October election
VANCOUVER - British Columbia will be opening secure facilities to provide involuntary care under the Mental Health Act for those with severe addictions who are mentally ill and have sustained a brain ...
Sep 15, 2024
Saskatchewan NDP pledges to improve rural health-care if elected
The Saskatchewan NDP is calling on Scott Moe and the Sask. Party to do more when it comes to getting health care back on track in rural Saskatchewan. NDP health critic Vicki Mowat suggested these issu...
Sep 13, 2024
B.C. accepts change for psychiatric care after alleged attack by mentally ill man
VANCOUVER - A report into a triple stabbing at a festival in Vancouver's Chinatown last year says the man accused of the crimes had been let out of a psychiatric care facility 99 times in the year pri...
Sep 13, 2024
Nebraska ballot will include competing measures to expand or limit abortion rights, top court rules
The Nebraska Supreme Court ruled Friday that competing measures that would expand or limit abortion rights can appear on the November ballot. The high court's ruling came days after it heard arguments...
Sep 13, 2024
Nebraska ballot can include competing measures to expand or limit abortion rights, high court rules
The Nebraska Supreme Court ruled Friday that competing measures that would expand or limit abortion rights can appear on the November ballot. The high court's ruling came days after it heard arguments...
Sep 13, 2024
B.C. signs national pharmacare deal with Ottawa, promises to expand drug coverage
VANCOUVER - British Columbia has become the first province in Canada to sign a pharmacare agreement with the federal government that would help the province fund hormone replacement therapy and diabet...
Sep 12, 2024
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Murray Wood: The day Canada Became a nation
April 9, 1917 was Easter Monday. On that date, 109 years ago, Canadian soldiers made history at Vimy Ridge. Murray Wood ...
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