Tag Archives: Health
Montreal polar plunge fans want access to beach along St. Lawrence River
MONTRAL - On New Year's Eve morning in Montreal, Mark Nikiforov sawed a hole into the thick sheet of ice capping the St. Lawrence River, preparing to plunge inside. With temperatures hovering around -...
Dec 31, 2025
Montreal polar plunge fans want access to beach along St. Lawrence River
MONTRAL - On New Year's Eve morning in Montreal, Mark Nikiforov sawed a hole into the thick sheet of ice capping the St. Lawrence River, preparing to plunge inside. With temperatures hovering around -...
Dec 31, 2025
New legal structure of Alberta health system in place, Premier Smith now eyes results
CALGARY, ALBERTA, CANADA - The Alberta government in 2025 completed the final legal foundations of its new health-care system - and Premier Danielle Smith says she's working in 2026 to prove it was wo...
Dec 30, 2025
Advocates push for advance MAID requests two years after Parliament recommendation
OTTAWA - Sandra Demontigny knew something wasn't right when she couldn't remember buying herself a new pair of boots. They were a splurge - a little out of character for the mother of three - and she ...
Dec 28, 2025
Health minister says Canada can't rely on U.S. health institutions anymore
OTTAWA - Canada is used to looking to the United States as a source of health and scientific information, but the federal health minister said that is no longer the case. "I cannot trust them as a rel...
Dec 26, 2025
About one-third of Canadians optimistic about the new year: survey
OTTAWA - This year has been marked by economic upheaval, global conflict and climate change-induced natural disasters, and only a third of Canadians are optimistic things will get better in 2026, a ne...
Dec 24, 2025
For B.C. whale coroner, a gruesome duty to 'revered' animals approached with humility
VICTORIA - When veterinary pathologist Stephen Raverty is chest deep in work, the term takes on a gruesome meaning. Picture Raverty deep in the innards of a humpback whale, trying to retain his balanc...
Dec 24, 2025
Quebecers urged to avoid ERs amid flu and respiratory virus 'maelstrom'
MONTREAL - Quebecers are being urged to avoid unnecessary emergency-room visits amid what one infectious-disease doctor is calling a respiratory virus "maelstrom." McGill University Health Centre doct...
Dec 23, 2025
QuickList on the 26 Alberta politicians facing citizen recall petitions
Citizen-led recall petitions were officially approved Tuesday against three more Alberta legislature members, bringing the total to 26. Twenty-four of those petitions are for United Conservative Party...
Dec 23, 2025
Three more Alberta recall petitions issued against politicians, bringing total to 26
EDMONTON - Elections Alberta issued three more recall petitions Tuesday for members of the provincial legislature - two United Conservative backbenchers and one Opposition New Democrat. It brings the ...
Dec 23, 2025