Murray Wood: Is this one of those times when money might be better in the government's pockets?
Windfall profits on oil are prompting a break in the federal fuel excise, but Saskatchewan isn't following suit. Murray ...
Tag Archives: health
Tribunal sides with disabled woman denied ultrasound at Calgary clinic
An Alberta woman who filed a human rights complaint after being turned away at a clinic for an ultrasound says she hopes her recent win paves the way for better accommodations for disabled patients. S...
Jul 18, 2025
B.C. Health Ministry restores drug funding for girl with rare disease
VICTORIA - The mother of a nine-year-old Vancouver Island girl who has an extremely rare neurodegenerative disease says she's grateful her daughter will get her medication back. The British Columbia g...
Jul 17, 2025
B.C. limits sales of two more diabetes drugs amid off-label use for weight loss
VICTORIA - British Columbia's Health Ministry is limiting the sales of two more diabetes drugs to curb their off-label use for weight loss and preserve supply for people who are diabetic. The limits o...
Jul 17, 2025
Trump administration hands over Medicaid recipients' personal data, including addresses, to ICE
WASHINGTON (AP) - Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials will be given access to the personal data of the nation's 79 million Medicaid enrollees, including home addresses and ethnicities, to tr...
Jul 17, 2025
N.B. fast-tracking nursing home placements as hospitals struggle with overcrowding
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick's premier is blaming a lack of long-term care space for serious overcrowding at four regional hospitals, as her government tries to fast-track patients out of those facilit...
Jul 17, 2025
Smog episodes accumulate and have long-term health effects: Quebec doctors group
MONTREAL - A group of Quebec doctors is warning that poor air quality can cause long-term adverse health effects. The Quebec chapter of the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment also ...
Jul 16, 2025
Manitoba announces more spaces for physician training in western region
BRANDON - The Manitoba government announced Wednesday an increase in doctor training in the western part of the province - the latest in a series of spending announcements in an area where a byelectio...
Jul 16, 2025
N.B. health officials tracking extent of measles outbreak, five confirmed cases
FREDERICTON - Public health officials in New Brunswick said Wednesday the number of confirmed measles cases in the province's south-central region has risen to five. On Tuesday officials said there we...
Jul 16, 2025
Advocate says progress being made since B.C. child torture death, more work required
British Columbia's representative for children and youth says some progress is being made to improve the child welfare system, but she's concerned "fiscal limitations" will prevent timely help from ge...
Jul 15, 2025
Federal Court of Appeal reserves decision in B.C. ostrich farm's avian flu case
OTTAWA - The Federal Court of Appeal reserved its decision in a case involving two B.C. farmers who are fighting an order from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to destroy around 400 ostriches after...
Jul 15, 2025
OPINION
Sarah Mills: The president has tested the faithful
The may be some who worship U.S. President Donald Trump, but like the Beatles before him, Sarah Mills says the president...
LATEST WEATHER
TODAY ON EVAN BRAY
The Evan Bray Show - Wednesday, April 15
8:30 - With a clear majority now secured, Mark Carney no longer has to bargain to survive confidence votes and can focus...