Tag Archives: health

VICTORIA - A bill by an Opposition Conservative in B.C.'s legislature about the health care of firefighters has passed through the legislature, an extremely rare occurrence for a private member's bill...

HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia government said it was offering a pay increase of at least 12 per cent to hundreds of workers at long-term care facilities who launched a strike on Monday. Licensed practical...

VICTORIA - Politicians and health experts are looking back at the successes and mistakes made during in the decade of a public health emergency into the toxic drug crisis in British Columbia. Provinci...

VANCOUVER - Allowing publicly funded faith-based health-care providers to impose religious beliefs on patients, including those seeking medical assistance in dying, is a breach of the British Columbia...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed: Voters head to the polls in federal byelections expected to hand Liberals majority Voters head to the polls toda...

TORONTO - Cancer experts say a new study highlights the need for more support and screening of people who survived cancer as adolescents and young adults as they face an increased risk of getting canc...

OTTAWA - Mohammed Al Hindi is a Palestinian refugee claimant whose application is now at risk because of Ottawa's new border law, C-12. Before fleeing the Gaza Strip with his family to escape the Isra...

Eight people were taken to hospital after chemicals at a Victoria pool combined to create a dangerous gas on Friday. The city had issued a shelter-in-place order over a "hazardous material incident" a...

More often than not in 2026, the Regina Urgent Care Centre has either had reduced hours or been closed at some point during the week. For the past eight weeks, the health centre has closed early or be...

WINNIPEG - A long-promised hospital in Portage la Prairie will not open this November as planned. A memo issued to staff in the Southern Health region says the new Portage Regional Health Centre will ...