Tag Archives: health

OTTAWA - Ninety disability advocacy and mental health organizations have signed an open letter urging the federal Liberals to permanently exclude people with mental illness from eligibility for medica...

OTTAWA - Three days after the February mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., government officials warned Prime Minister Mark Carney that online sentiment was shifting from collective grief toward "eme...

WINNIPEG - The negative effects social media has on children and youth's mental and physical health is outweighing other health concerns like substance use and injuries prompting some Manitoba doctors...

BURNABY - Dozens of protesters carrying placards gathered in a park in Burnaby, B.C., to rally against the provincial government's cancellation of a construction contract for a hospital expansion in t...

MONTREAL - On May 15, 2024, Habalet Andre Loblegnon learned she was pregnant for the fourth time. Two weeks later, she was diagnosed with stage three breast cancer. She had noticed a lump under her ri...

TORONTO - A person in Ontario tested negative for Ebola after returning from Ethiopia with symptoms consistent with a range of illnesses, Canada's top doctor said Friday, noting the risk of the virus ...

MONTREAL - When Victor Bal walks across the stage to collect his mechanical engineering degree at Polytechnique Montral, his service dog Kopeck will be by his side - just as she's been for every singl...

TORONTO - As a rare strain of Ebola virus continues to spread in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, here's what Canadians need to know. ARE THERE DIFFERENT TYPES OF EBOLA? Yes. There are a f...

MONTREAL - Montreal public health is warning of an uptick in Lyme disease in the city after officials recorded 161 cases in 2025. That's the highest number of cases since 2003, when Lyme infections be...

EDMONTON - Veteran legislator Jason Nixon is the new cabinet minister in charge of Alberta's money. Nixon, with more than a decade of experience in the legislature, was named the new finance minister ...