Category Archives: Canada
Respiratory season hits parts of Canada as head of ER doctors' group wants better planning
VANCOUVER - The head of a national group of emergency room doctors says he's "disgusted" that provinces and territories have generally not planned for expected overcrowding in ERs, especially as respi...
Jan 10, 2024
Editor says reporter one of several arrests in Edmonton encampment raid
EDMONTON - An editor with an online media outlet says Edmonton police have arrested one of his reporters as they broke up a homeless encampment. Ethan Cox of Ricochet Media says the reporter, Brandi M...
Jan 10, 2024
B.C. hospital admissions break record as respiratory illness season nears peak
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's health minister says hospitals are dealing with a record number of in-patients as the province's respiratory illness season nears its peak. Health Minister Adrian Dix to...
Jan 10, 2024
Opposition calls for Alberta to dump imported fever medicine amid health concerns
EDMONTON - Alberta's Opposition says it's time to dump the remaining bottles of imported Turkish children's fever medicine, given a new report that states it clogs hospital feeding tubes and can put n...
Jan 10, 2024
Judge likely to hear clashing arguments on sentence for ex-RCMP intel official Ortis
OTTAWA - A judge is expected to hear sharply differing arguments Thursday about the punishment he should hand to former RCMP intelligence official Cameron Jay Ortis. In November, jurors declared Ortis...
Jan 10, 2024
Blast of arctic air over Western Canada could bring wind chill down to -55 C
REVELSTOKE, B.C. - Extreme cold and bitter winds are pushing in from the Arctic through Yukon, the Northwest Territories, B.C., Alberta and Saskatchewan, bringing wind chill temperatures to as low as ...
Jan 10, 2024
People with private drug coverage more likely to stick to prescriptions: StatCan
OTTAWA - A new Statistics Canada study confirms that financial limitations are keeping people without private or employer-sponsored drug coverage from following through with their prescriptions. It's ...
Jan 10, 2024
Sharp decline in snowpack due to human-caused climate change: study
TORONTO - A new study suggests human-caused climate change is behind a sharp decline in spring snowpack across large parts of the Northern Hemisphere, including a swath of Ontario and Quebec. The stud...
Jan 10, 2024
Quebec ER overcrowding will 'continue to be difficult,' says health minister
MONTREAL - Quebec Health Minister Christian Dub had mostly bad news in his first update of the year on the province's emergency room network. With emergency departments across the province today at 13...
Jan 10, 2024
Nova Scotia fourth province to sign detailed health accord with Ottawa
OTTAWA - Nova Scotia is the fourth province to sign a new health accord with the federal government, with Ottawa sending $355 million to improve access to health care. British Columbia was the first t...
Jan 10, 2024