Tag Archives: health

VANCOUVER - British Columbia's human rights commissioner has launched an inquiry into police use of force against people who are racialized or coping with mental-health issues, although Kasari Govende...

OTTAWA - A majority of provinces and territories are asking the federal government to "indefinitely" hold off on a controversial plan to expand eligibility for assisted dying. The Liberal government i...

VANCOUVER - The B.C. government says it's spending tens of millions of dollars to boost nuclear medicine amid forecasts that cancer diagnoses in the province will rise almost 50 per cent in the next d...

HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia pilot project that gives residents access to their medical records through a mobile application will improve the quality of health care for patients, the premier said Tuesday. ...

When 30-year-old Greg Price had testicular cancer in 2011, his journey through the health-care system was plagued by a lack of communication between primary care doctors and specialists, leading to de...

Saskatchewan is expanding its coverage for the cystic fibrosis drug Trikafta to younger children. According to the Ministry of Health, children aged two to five who meet the medical criteria will be e...

Some pharmacare policy experts are raising concerns about competition and patient access to much-needed medication after Manulife Financial Corp. announced its coverage of certain prescription drugs w...

OTTAWA - The federal government is hitting pause on its plans to make medical assistance in dying available to people whose only medical condition is a mental illness - and Health Minister Mark Hollan...

In April of 2021, Jim Hopson was diagnosed with Stage 4 colon cancer. Since then, he's been using his voice to make a difference. The former president and CEO of the CFL's Saskatchewan Roughriders joi...

There have been no new cases of the measles detected in the province since an alert was issued last week. Last Friday, the Saskatchewan Health Authority alerted the public about someone in Saskatoon w...