Tag Archives: health

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...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - The Florida Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for the state to ban abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, before many women know they are pregnant, while also giving vo...

OTTAWA - The upcoming federal budget will include funding for a national school food program that will aim to provide meals to 400,000 more kids per year across the country, Prime Minister Justin Trud...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - The Kansas Legislature is scrambling to address tax cuts, funding for disability services and immigration issues ahead of its annual three-week spring break starting next week. Mos...

Walter Tauro says he didn't even know what Guinness World Records were before he was recognized by the popular British corporation as the world's oldest kidney transplant recipient earlier this month....