Tag Archives: health

VANCOUVER - Psychology Prof. Gillian Sandstrom was a lonely graduate student in Toronto when she began what she calls "a tiny, tiny micro-relationship." She and a woman who ran a hotdog stand on her w...

Universal Ostrich Farms in Edgewood, B.C., has spent months fighting a cull order from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency that would result in the deaths of nearly 400 birds. Here are some of the key...

VANCOUVER - The Public Health Agency of Canada says 27 people have been sickened with salmonella, mostly in Alberta and British Columbia, in an outbreak linked to contaminated dog food and treats. The...

TORONTO - Eleven people have been hospitalized, and almost 80 salmonella cases have been reported after an outbreak of infections linked to certain brands of pistachios and pistachio-containing produc...

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government is adding mandatory proof of citizenship markers to driver's licences and other forms of identification to streamline services and prevent...

TORONTO - An organization that bills itself as Canada's oldest HIV service agency will close next year, in part due to groundbreaking medical advances that have reduced the need for its services, even...

BOSTON (AP) - A U.S. appeals court panel on Thursday allowed President Donald Trump's administration to block Medicaid funds to Planned Parenthood while legal challenges continue. A federal judge in J...

VANCOUVER - A judge has upheld a ban that prevents media from publishing evidence heard at a mental fitness hearing for the suspect in the Vancouver Lapu Lapu Day festival attack that killed 11 people...

OTTAWA - The federal Liberal government is committed to signing pharmacare deals with all provinces and territories, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday, ending months of speculation about the pr...

TORONTO - The number of emergency department visits for pneumonia more than doubled last fall over the previous year, the Canadian Institute for Health Information says. The new data released Thursday...