Tag Archives: health

EDGEWOOD, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - The mother and daughter at the centre of a movement to save their flock of 400 ostriches from a cull order had just finished a sombre and tearful prayer alongside ...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's premier is defending his government's record $1.2-billion deficit, saying he is focused on growing the economy and making major investments in health care. When asked if Nova S...

A wall of hay bales about three metres tall has been constructed at a British Columbia farm where the Canadian Food Inspection Agency is organizing the cull and disposal of about 400 ostriches after a...

EDGEWOOD, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - RCMP and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency are at an ostrich farm in Edgewood, B.C., where about 400 birds are expected to be culled over an outbreak of avian fl...

VICTORIA - British Columbia Health Minister Josie Osborne says the province is "doing very well" in its recruiting drive of health care professionals from the United States, but admits that it will ta...

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. On Monday, police and di...

TORONTO - Christine Lavalle feels like she's trapped in a nightmare. She found out on social media last week that her child might have been exposed to blood-borne infections at a Burlington walk-in cl...

OTTAWA - Health care advocates say they're worried the Liberal government will backtrack on its promise to create a universal, single-payer pharmacare program. Frdrique Chabot, executive director of A...

HALIFAX - With revenues down and spending up due to a slowing economy, Nova Scotia is forecasting a record deficit of $1.2 billion for the current fiscal year. The figure released Monday by Finance Mi...

VICTORIA - Municipal leaders in British Columbia are calling on the provincial government to fill housing gaps that have been pressing for "far too long" and have increased homelessness in their commu...