Tag Archives: health

Anxiety, distrust and misinformation about dental care is abundant on social media, where posts containing false or out-of-context claims about dentistry can receive millions of views. The Canadian Pr...

MONTREAL - Quebec's new health minister was sworn in on Friday, a day after Christian Dub resigned from the role and quit the Coalition Avenir Qubec party over changes to a doctor-pay law he had champ...

OTTAWA - Health Canada says it has amended the regulations for precursor chemicals and manufacturing equipment used to make illegal synthetic drugs like fentanyl and methamphetamine. Changes to the re...

MONTREAL - With his signature legislation to modernize doctor compensation diluted, Christian Dub announced on Thursday he would resign as health minister and quit the Coalition Avenir Qubec party alt...

TORONTO - Amanda Godda has been bedridden since August. That's when her prescription of acetaminophen with oxycodone was hit by a nationwide supply shortage. Since then, the 42-year-old has gone from ...

WINNIPEG - Manitoba Progressive Conservative Ron Schuler has announced he will not seek re-election. Schuler is 62 years old, has been in the legislature for 27 years, and says he is looking forward t...

Citizen-led recall petitions were officially approved Wednesday against United Conservative members Mickey Amery and Jackie Armstrong-Homeniuk, bringing total recalls to 23. One in four elected repres...

VANCOUVER - For 29-year-old Kelsey, helping young people in Canada to be happier boils down to helping them find a passion and a community. "Even if everything else sucked, even if you had terrible me...

TORONTO - Amir Faraji has been journaling to stave off despair. It helps him turn a nebulous sort of hopelessness, which he attributes to the state of the world, into something tangible: words on a pa...

TORONTO - Health providers are asking parents to treat kids with mild flu symptoms at home and avoid large gatherings as influenza cases spike ahead of the holidays, pushing hospital emergency departm...