Tag Archives: Health
Police probe threats of violence aimed at businesses linked to B.C. ostrich cull
Businesses across British Columbia linked or thought to be associated with a planned cull of about 400 ostriches have been "flooded" with calls and emails with "language intended to intimidate," the R...
Sep 25, 2025
Canadian virus research hub in Saskatoon turns 50 amid concerns over U.S. funding
SASKATOON - One of Canada's premier vaccine centres celebrates its 50th birthday this week, but researchers say it comes amid unease over U.S. policy changes and funding cuts that threaten to upend th...
Sep 25, 2025
16 hospitalized, 105 sickened in pistachio-linked salmonella outbreak
TORONTO - The Public Health Agency of Canada says the number of people confirmed sickened in a salmonella outbreak linked to pistachios has risen to 105. The outbreak update issued Wednesday reports 2...
Sep 24, 2025
Quebec family doctors to stop teaching medical students amid dispute with province
MONTREAL - Quebec's family doctors say they will join specialist physicians in refusing to teach medical students to pressure the government to shelve an unpopular bill. Doctors are in negotiations wi...
Sep 24, 2025
No evidence that Tylenol causes autism, say Health Canada, World Health Organization
TORONTO - Health Canada, the World Health Organization and Canadian autism experts say there is no evidence that taking Tylenol during pregnancy causes autism. Health Canada and the WHO issued stateme...
Sep 24, 2025
Interim stay of cull order turns despair to joy on B.C. ostrich farm
EDGEWOOD, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - The mother and daughter at the centre of a movement to save their flock of 400 ostriches from a cull order had just finished a sombre and tearful prayer alongside ...
Sep 24, 2025
Wall of hay bales constructed around B.C. ostriches ahead of CFIA cull
A wall of hay bales about three metres tall has been constructed at a British Columbia farm where the Canadian Food Inspection Agency is organizing the cull and disposal of about 400 ostriches after a...
Sep 23, 2025
Five things to know about the B.C. ostrich farm and pending cull
EDGEWOOD, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - RCMP and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency are at an ostrich farm in Edgewood, B.C., where about 400 birds are expected to be culled over an outbreak of avian fl...
Sep 22, 2025
Trump promotes unproven ties between Tylenol, vaccines and autism without new evidence
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump on Monday used the platform of the presidency to promote unproven ties between Tylenol, vaccines and autism without giving new evidence. Speaking from the Whit...
Sep 22, 2025
A timeline of the fight to save a flock of ostriches in a B.C. farm
Universal Ostrich Farms in Edgewood, B.C., has spent months fighting a cull order from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency that would result in the deaths of nearly 400 birds. On Monday, police and di...
Sep 22, 2025