Tag Archives: health

VICTORIA - Top income earners and pop drinkers were hit with new taxes in Tuesday's B.C. budget, which continues the government's focus on capital spending for schools, hospitals and transit...

VANCOUVER - New research suggests frequent exposure to common household cleaning products can increase a child's risk of developing asthma. The CHILD Cohort Study found young infants living ...

Canadians stranded on a quarantined cruise ship were told that a flight set to bring them home is "expected" to depart Tokyo Haneda Airport on Thursday amid an outbreak of the novel coronavirus. Passe...

A plane carrying Canadians from a quarantined cruise ship in Japan will leave the region by week's end, the federal government says, as the number aboard sickened with the novel coronav...

Canadians stranded on a quarantined cruise ship were told that a flight is "expected" to arrive in Japan on Wednesday to bring them home amid an outbreak of the novel coronavirus. An email from O...

OTTAWA - The federal government is asking for more time to amend the assisted-dying law, acknowledging that it can't meet a court-imposed deadline to drop a provision that allows only those who a...

OTTAWA - The Public Health Agency of Canada says it will review its protocols for health-care workers after nurses' unions denounced the national guidelines set out for dealing with the...

FREDERICTON - New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs says criticism of his government's decision to close emergency rooms overnight in six community hospitals exposed serious gaps in the plan an...

OTTAWA - A new review of the existing research into women's cardiovascular disease has uncovered what the authors call a "stunning" lack of information about how women are affected. The review wa...

OTTAWA - A coalition of 150 health care organizations and non-profits is calling on Finance Minister Bill Morneau to make sure there is funding in the coming federal budget to launch the first phase o...