Murray Wood: Going to seed, in a good way
Murray Wood says seed sales are taking off this spring. Food prices are likely convincing some to grow their own vegetab...
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Fact File: No 'plan' to 'euthanize' 15 million Canadians with MAID
Podcast clips recently shared on social media claim that Health Canada plans to save money by "euthanizing" 15 million Canadians. The clips cite a journal article that presents a scenario in which mem...
Nov 14, 2025
'Time is brain': Toronto hospital paving way for remote robotic treatment of strokes
TORONTO - A team at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto has successfully completed 10 brain angiograms using a robot controlled remotely by a neurosurgeon, paving the way to eventually providing critica...
Nov 14, 2025
'Deep burial' for ostriches at B.C. landfill as CFIA completes cull and disposal work
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has completed its "active operations" at the British Columbia ostrich farm where professional marksmen were used to cull the flock following an outbreak of avian fl...
Nov 13, 2025
B.C. Human Rights Commissioner says stigmatizing drug use is a violation
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's rights watchdog has criticized the province for stigmatizing people who use drugs, calling it a violation of their human rights to treat their health issues as "moral fa...
Nov 13, 2025
Family of New Brunswick man who died in hospital emergency room settles lawsuit
FREDERICTON - The family of a 78-year-old man who died after waiting seven hours for care in a Fredericton hospital has settled a lawsuit they filed against the province's health authority. Darrell Me...
Nov 13, 2025
Health Canada won't explain $20M in pharmaceuticals lost from national stockpile
OTTAWA - The Public Health Agency of Canada lost more than $20 million worth of pharmaceutical products from the national stockpile this year because of what it calls a "temperature deviation." The fi...
Nov 13, 2025 A worker puts an Ontario sticker on a load of hundreds of ventilators as they are loaded on to an airplane destined for India in Toronto on Tuesday May 18, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
Sick of sick notes: B.C. limits when employers can request sick notes
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has brought in new rules that limit when an employer can ask for a sick note, saving doctors the burden of writing them and preventing patients from spreadin...
Nov 12, 2025
Corrective to Nov. 11 story on federal health transfers
OTTAWA - In a Nov. 11 story about federal health funding in the budget, The Canadian Press erroneously reported that the $2.5-billion in annual funding for bilateral health agreements with the provinc...
Nov 12, 2025
Federal prison service 'ill-equipped' for long-term mental health care: watchdog
OTTAWA - Weak policies, insufficient training and a lack of specialized treatment are hindering the Correctional Service of Canada's efforts to deliver mental health care, the federal prison ombudsman...
Nov 12, 2025
Resolutions on coal, flags and more up for debate at Alberta UCP annual meeting
EDMONTON - Reintroducing coal-powered electricity to Alberta's grid and restricting which flags are flown on public property are among dozens of new policy proposals being brought forward by grassroot...
Nov 12, 2025
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Sarah Mills: We are feeling the pinch of rising prices, even beyond the gas pumps
Costs have already gone up with airlines. Parcel and delivery services could also increase, and even ride sharing may ja...
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The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, April 14
8:30 - With the by-elections now decided, Mark Carney's Liberals have secured a majority in the House of Commons, comple...