Tag Archives: health

VANCOUVER - The mother of Maya Gebala, the girl badly hurt in a mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., says her daughter may be having her last surgery. Cia Edmonds says in a social media post that the...

OTTAWA - There are four Canadians on board a cruise ship where a suspected hantavirus outbreak has killed three passengers. The MV Hondius was on a polar cruise from Argentina to Antarctica and severa...

OTTAWA - Two federal watchdogs released five audits Monday, including probes into federal workplace accessibility and avian flu. Here are some of the highlights: Indigenous Services Canada failed to m...

Scientists battling a deadly infection that has killed millions of bats in North America say the tiny creatures don't care about borders, as they flit between British Columbia and Washington state. Bu...

OTTAWA - A non-profit says it's concerned about the government's plan to amend food safety laws to take food security and affordability into account, and is arguing Ottawa is prioritizing trade over t...

Weyburn residents will soon have access to a new hospital. Construction on the new Weyburn General Hospital has officially wrapped up, the Saskatchewan Ministry of Health announced this week, and the ...

BURNABY - Plans for a hospital expansion in Burnaby, B.C., are not dead, despite the provincial government announcing this week that the construction contract had been cancelled, Premier David Eby sai...

TORONTO - Health Canada has approved the second generic version of brand-name Ozempic, this one manufactured by Canadian company Apotex. The authorization for the medication called Apo-Semaglutide Inj...

MONTRAL - Ever since 15-year-old Zachary Miron died after drinking a can of Red Bull while on a school ski trip in January 2024, his parents have been fighting a battle to ban energy drinks for childr...

MONTREAL - Quebec City mosque shooter Alexandre Bissonnette has asked to be transferred from a maximum- to a medium-security prison, citing concerns over his safety and his mental health. Bissonnette ...