Tag Archives: health

EDMONTON - Premier Danielle Smith is defending recent policy announcements at private party events, saying Albertans are kept in the know and shouldn't be caught off guard by her agenda. Asked by repo...

The recent fatal shooting of an Indigenous man by a New Brunswick Mountie offers a chilling reminder of two separate incidents in 2020 when police officers in the province fatally shot Indigenous peop...

MONTREAL - The family of a Quebec provincial police sergeant who was stabbed to death by a mentally ill man who wasn't taking his medication says it welcomes the coroner's report into her brutal murde...

The Public Health Agency of Canada says it asked provinces to get rid of existing COVID-19 vaccines to avoid confusion with new formulations that will have the same drug identification number. "We can...

A Saskatchewan suicide prevention program is being expanded to two new cities. The Roots of Hope program is expanding to Prince Albert and North Battleford thanks to $400,000 in new annual funding fro...

SASKATOON, Sask. - The grandmother of a 15-year-old student who was set on fire at a Saskatoon high school says she has a long recovery ahead. She says the teen is in an Edmonton hospital but declined...

MONTREAL - The deaths of a provincial police sergeant and the mentally ill man who fatally stabbed her were avoidable, a Quebec coroner has concluded, saying health-care workers and police should have...

TORONTO - Health Minister Mark Holland says more than four-fifths of dental providers are now participating in his government's dental-care program, and some 600,000 Canadians have taken advantage of ...

MONTREAL - As the fall session of Quebec's legislature kicks off this week, Premier Franois Legault will have to fend off claims his government is past its best-before date, even as he works to shephe...

OTTAWA - The Canadian Medical Association says there should be better tracking of health care spending, following health care agreements the federal government has signed with the provinces and territ...