Tag Archives: health

TORONTO - In an Italian long-term care home in Toronto, about three new non-Italian residents are admitted each month due to government changes to priority rules, leaving them confused and isolated in...

Patients in all provinces are waiting longer for hip and knee replacements, cancer surgeries and other priority procedures than before the COVID-19 pandemic, national data shows. A report released Thu...

VANCOUVER - The mayor of Vancouver says the city is disappointed about the new location of an overdose prevention site in the downtown core. Ken Sim says in a news release that the city was not consul...

The Government of Saskatchewan is providing $137,000 to the University of Saskatchewan's College of Pharmacy and Nutrition for a new training program. The announcement of the advanced pharmacy trainin...

FREDERICTON - New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs says he has not ruled out using the notwithstanding clause to adopt legislation that would allow authorities to force certain people into drug treatmen...

Mental health and addictions experts are slamming the federal government's decision to shut down an online service where people could find free counselling and peer support over the last four years. H...

A new EMS triage system will soon be tested in Saskatoon and Regina, with the goal of improving ambulance response times by cutting down on delays and unnecessary trips. According to Saskatchewan's Mi...

TORONTO - Seven people in Ontario have been fined for refusing transfers from a hospital to a long-term care home not of their choosing. A law enacted in 2022 requires hospitals to levy fines of $400 ...

VAUGHAN, Ont. - A new medical school focused on family medicine at York University will open its doors in 2028. York University president Rhonda Lenton says the university has been planning the medica...

The Alberta government is creating a Crown corporation to gather research to bolster addiction-recovery efforts as part of its broader restructuring of the health system. The Canadian Centre of Recove...