Tag Archives: health

RICHMOND - Victoria fisherman Bob Fraumeni is used to the challenges of the sea, having worked on fishing boats since he was 12 years old. But there was little he could do to salvage his haul of herri...

OTTAWA - The Federal Court of Appeal has ruled it was unreasonable for the Liberal government to use the Emergencies Act four years ago to quell protests in the national capital and at key border poin...

WINNIPEG - The Canadian Red Cross says some evacuees from a northern Manitoba First Nation rocked by a severe water crisis won't be displaced for a second time in as many weeks, as the community's chi...

WINNIPEG - Health officials say most of the people taken to hospital after a school bus crash in western Manitoba are being released from hospital. One patient is expected to remain at Swan Valley Hea...

SASKATOON - A wildlife biologist says it's deeply concerning that two dead members of a critically endangered flock of birds that only breed in Canadian marshes have tested positive for the avian flu....

British Columbia won't be renewing its agreement with Health Canada that allowed for the decriminalization of small amounts of drugs for personal possession, officially ending a three-year program tha...

REGINA - A machine in Saskatchewan that's vital for diagnosing cancer is working at full capacity after it was disrupted two weeks ago. The Saskatchewan Health Authority's PET/CT scanner was down for ...

VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government has settled a class-action lawsuit for up to $60 million over the use of solitary confinement in provincial correctional facilities over a period of 20 year...

TORONTO - A new study says female family doctors in Ontario spend more time with patients than their male colleagues and in many cases earn less money as a result. The research, published in the Canad...

QUBEC - Quebec Premier Franois Legault announced on Wednesday he would resign after more than seven years in power, triggering a leadership race and further upending the province's political landscape...