Tag Archives: health

TORONTO - Ontario's Court of Appeal is allowing a class-action lawsuit to proceed against the minister of long-term care for alleged negligence regarding the government's response to COVID-19. The fou...

MONTREAL - A Quebec law requiring all palliative care homes to offer medical assistance in dying violates religious freedom and should be declared unconstitutional, says a legal challenge filed by the...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - A pair of California lawmakers introduced a bipartisan bill on Tuesday to allow people 21 and older to consume psychedelic mushrooms under professional supervision as part of...

OTTAWA - Thirteen years ago, in the throes of a major political loss and personal crisis, Mark Holland experienced the darkest period of his life. Since his return to federal politics, he's been candi...

Saskatchewan's doctors have voted overwhelmingly to ratify a new four-year contract with the provincial government. In a media release Monday, the government revealed that 93 per cent of physicians wh...

On Wednesday morning, Michelle Linklater realized her disabled daughter Jennica might have fractured her foot, so she called for an ambulance. Linklater said she waited three hours, and called emergen...

OTTAWA - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith defended her controversial new suite of proposed transgender youth policies Monday as federal Liberals accused her of pushing an anti-LGBTQ agenda. Smith was in...

EDMONTON - Groups opposed to Alberta's planned policies around transgender youth held rallies in Calgary and Edmonton over the weekend, with many of the attendees warning the plans will out trans kids...

VICTORIA - Researchers say a deadly disease starts out slow but has the potential to devastate British Columbia's deer population over time, after the discovery of the first cases in the province. The...

EDMONTON - Alberta's new proposals on the treatment of transgender youth are the "most anti-LGBT of anywhere in the country," Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday. Speaking at an event in Waterlo...