Tag Archives: health

Advocates are warning that granting police sweeping new powers in response to the COVID-19 crisis could be used to target marginalized communities. As the novel coronavirus continues to spre...

OTTAWA - A former top Obama adviser says Canada's disciplined, science-based approach to the COVID-19 crisis should spur it to pursue greater international leadership on global health issues in the fi...

HALIFAX - Being a small East Coast province in the pandemic is a double-edged sword: there are fewer critically ill patients, but the supply of hospital beds is limited if the...

OTTAWA - The federal government is seeking volunteers with medical experience to provide backup support in the fight against COVID-19. Health Canada is creating a database of specialized voluntee...

Canadian passengers aboard a Florida-bound cruise ship said it was still unclear Friday when they would get to come home, or even reach shore, as their counterparts aboard two other vessels ...

TORONTO - The sacrifices Ontarians have made recently have saved thousands from the ravages of the COVID-19 pandemic, Premier Doug Ford said Friday, even as he announced more stringent measu...

OTTAWA - The federal government is planning to offer full-time employment to all reservists in the Canadian Armed Forces until the end of the summer as it seeks to bolster the military's ranks and hel...

OTTAWA - The federal government has signed an agreement with Grassy Narrows First Nation that will see a long-promised treatment centre for residents with mercury poisoning finally built in ...

DAWSON CITY, Yukon - A made-in-Yukon initiative to celebrate front-line workers fighting COVID-19 is gaining momentum across the North. An administrative assistant at a health centre in Dawson Ci...

WASHINGTON - One of the biggest American manufacturers of protective medical gear went to bat for its Canadian customers Friday as it pushed back against a White House order to stop exporting its...