Tag Archives: health

VANCOUVER - "Wash your hands" has been the usual advice during flu season but "hands off" may well be the new mantra to reduce the risk of spreading the novel coronavirus as s...

VICTORIA - Three more cases of the novel coronavirus have been confirmed in British Columbia, bringing the total of people infected to 12 in the province.   The Canadian Press

OTTAWA - Canada's tourism industry is bracing for the impact of the novel coronavirus on the number of foreign visitors this summer travel season. Some people in the industry are already seeing a chan...

VICTORIA - Three more cases of the novel coronavirus have been confirmed in British Columbia, bringing the total number of people infected to 12 in the province. Dr. Bonnie Henry, the provincial ...

EDMONTON - An Alberta-based humanitarian organization says 13 Canadians who work with the charity and were detained in Ethiopia have received bail. Canadian Humanitarian said Saturday that a grou...

Public health officials say 33 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus have been diagnosed in Canada so far, with 20 cases reported in Ontario, 12 in British Columbia and one in Quebec...

TORONTO - The number of cases of novel coronavirus in Ontario climbed to 20 on Tuesday as provincial health officials recorded two new positive tests from people with recent travel histories to affect...

HALIFAX - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says provincial health authorities won't be alone in their fight against the novel coronavirus because the federal government will ensure they have the resource...

OTTAWA - Dr. Ellen Wiebe has helped 260 intolerably suffering Canadians end their lives over the past four years, including a few who likely would have lived up to another decade on the...

VANCOUVER - The potential for a worldwide pandemic has kept scientists in Canada at the ready and placed them at the forefront of the global response to the outbreak of the new coronavi...