Tag Archives: health

MONTREAL - Quebec's chief coroner has called an inquest into the death of a quadriplegic man who had requested and received medical assistance in dying after developing severe bedsores during a hospit...

The Canadian Press has spent the past month interviewing some of Canada's more than 11,000 centenarians and their families. These are some of their stories. 'THEY HAD TO FLY IN DOCTORS TO NAIROBI' Bil...

VANCOUVER - Vi Roden said she reads an average of 50 books a year, attends history lectures at her local seniors centre, and does yoga twice a week. She's 101, and still lives in her own condo in West...

OTTAWA - Her kids are not reading the newspapers on her kitchen counter. Instead, they're looking at their phones to find information. That's the example that Treasury Board President Anita Anand brin...

OTTAWA - As debate around the Liberals' drug policy dominated parts of the spring House of Commons sitting, the Conservatives are offering little insight into what approach they would take when it com...

VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has filed a class-action lawsuit against manufacturers of so-called "forever chemicals," involved in what it calls widespread contamination of drinking-water...

A Melfort doctor is facing four charges from the Saskatchewan College of Physicians and Surgeons, including unprofessional conduct, improper prescribing and dishonesty. Two of the charges, which were ...

FREDERICTON - The head of New Brunswick's francophone Vitalit Health Network launched a spirited defence Thursday of the organization's spending on travel nurse contracts. Dr. France Desrosiers told a...

TORONTO - Deaths in Canada's 12 most populous cities go up during extreme heat waves and people aged 65 and older are at higher risk than those who are younger, says a Statistics Canada report release...

WINNIPEG - The Tuxedo constituency in Winnipeg will be represented by the New Democrats for the first time since its creation following a byelection on Tuesday. Carla Compton has secured the seat for ...