Tag Archives: Health
Top court sets sentencing framework for cases involving Indigenous offenders, victims
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says in cases where an Indigenous offender commits an offence against an intimate partner who is an Indigenous woman, a judge must apply sentencing principles rela...
Oct 9, 2026
B.C. election campaigns promise support for doctors, seniors
British Columbia NDP Leader David Eby is making election campaign pledges of a new training program for international medical graduates and discounted tuition or loan forgiveness for health-care worke...
Oct 9, 2026
B.C. election focuses on taxes, but economist calls ideas 'different kinds of bad'
British Columbia economist Ross Hickey compares the tax policies of all three major parties in the provincial election campaign to candy - the kind that gives you a stomach ache. "I think what all the...
Oct 9, 2026
Texas carries out nation’s first execution since Christa Pike’s failed lethal injection
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - A Texas man who fatally shot a convenience store clerk was put to death Wednesday evening, becoming the 30th person executed in the U.S. this year and the first since Tennesse...
Oct 7, 2026
Fact File: Headlines falsely claim woman approved for MAID because she couldn't cook
This week, media headlines and social media posts claimed a Canadian woman was approved for medical assistance in dying because she lost her ability to cook. The claim stems from an opinion article wr...
Oct 7, 2026
B.C. respiratory illness season starts as province secures millions of vaccine doses
VICTORIA - British Columbia's respiratory illness season has started, with the province preparing to distribute millions of vaccine doses to combat the rise of both influenza and COVID-19. Provincial ...
Oct 7, 2026
UN health agency wants more details from Russia on suspected pneumonic plague case
GENEVA (AP) - A top official with the World Health Organization said Wednesday it doesn't know how a lab worker in Siberia died, and she urged Russia to provide more information about a case that prom...
Oct 7, 2026
Key dates in the evolution of Canada's medically assisted dying laws
OTTAWA - Canadian Justice Minister Sean Fraser and Health Minister Marjorie Michel announced two major decisions for the "path forward" in medically assisted dying on Wednesday. Fraser said the govern...
Oct 7, 2026
Key dates in the evolution of Canada's medically assisted dying laws
OTTAWA - Canadian Justice Minister Sean Fraser and Health Minister Marjorie Michel announced two major decisions for the "path forward" in medically assisted dying on Wednesday. Fraser said the govern...
Oct 7, 2026
Government to exclude people who suffer solely from mental illness from access to MAID
OTTAWA - The federal government will not allow people suffering solely from a mental illness to access medical assistance in dying, but it does plan to decriminalize advance requests for people who ar...
Oct 7, 2026