Tag Archives: health

OTTAWA - Liberal Leader Mark Carney and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre aligned on support for new oil and gas pipelines as a matter of national security during the French language election debat...

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's government has introduced promised legislation to allow for people to be forced into addiction treatment facilities. If the bill passes, parents, family mem...

OTTAWA - The main federal parties campaigned in the Montreal area Tuesday, with the Liberals pitching a new training benefit for mid-career workers and the Conservatives promising to protect seniors f...

EDMONTON - Alberta is seeking a new chief medical officer of health as the government says Dr. Mark Joffe's contract has expired. Health Minister Adriana LaGrange's office said in an email Tuesday tha...

The odds of new applications from immigrants being accepted into British Columbia's nominee program this year have dropped to near zero for anyone other than health workers or entrepreneurs. The provi...

REGINA - Saskatchewan's health minister has rejected accusations from a nurses union and the Opposition NDP that some babies from Regina's neonatal intensive care unit were sent to North Dakota for ca...

TORONTO - A new facility designed to house and support refugees and asylum seekers in Toronto is set to open next month with a focus on addressing mental health issues. The Canadian Mental Health Asso...

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is promising that a government led by him would use the notwithstanding clause to override Charter rights to implement his tough-on-crime agenda - somethi...

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says hiring lawyers to funnel requests from the auditor general isn't meant to obstruct an investigation into multimillion-dollar health contracts -- it's abo...

WEST VANCOUVER - Deaths from toxic drugs may have dipped, but now is not the time to pull back on life-saving measures, especially given "misinformation" in the public discourse, the top doctor at Bri...