Tag Archives: Health
Forecaster says smoke bad enough for health impacts in B.C.'s Okanagan, Fraser Canyon
VANCOUVER - Southeastern British Columbia is covered in air-quality warnings as wildfires burning across the province belch out thick smoke. Environment Canada has issued yellow and the more severe or...
Jul 24, 2026
Quebec obstetricians and gynecologists association head to court over pay gap
MONTREAL - Quebec's obstetricians and gynecologists have filed a legal challenge against the medical specialists federation over what they call a persistent gender-related pay gap. The association rep...
Jul 24, 2026
Canadian Blood Services calling for donors amid serious drop in supply
TORONTO - Canadian Blood Services says it is facing a shortage as blood donations have plummeted over the last several weeks. The agency says the blood supply has decreased by nearly 20 per cent since...
Jul 22, 2026
Feds should increase federal health funding, but with strings attached: advocates
CHARLOTTETOWN - Advocates are urging the federal government to increase health care funding and impose more conditions on what the provinces can do with that money. Friends of Medicare director Chris ...
Jul 22, 2026
Congo's Ebola outbreak has killed over 1,000 people
BUNIA, Congo (AP) - More than 1,000 people have died in the Ebola outbreak in Congo, according to Africa's top health body, a grim toll in the fastest Ebola outbreak in history, as conflict, community...
Jul 22, 2026
Congo's Ebola outbreak has killed nearly 1,000 people
BUNIA, Congo (AP) - At least 999 people have died from the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo, according to official data published overnight into Wednesday, a grim toll in what's already been declared t...
Jul 22, 2026
Premiers tout unity ahead of P.E.I. talks with Carney, 'bullish' on U.S. trade deal
CHARLOTTETOWN - Premiers said they remain a united Team Canada against a common adversary in the U.S. as they wrapped up talks Wednesday ahead of a face-to-face meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney...
Jul 22, 2026
New research affirms construction workers disproportionately affected by opioid deaths
TORONTO - Researchers hope a new report examining the occupations of people who have died of opioid overdoses in Ontario raises awareness about the breadth of the population affected by the drug epide...
Jul 22, 2026
New graphic images are rolling out on cigarette packs in Canada. Could more be done?
TORONTO - A baby swarmed by smoke. A toilet of bloody urine. A cancerous colon. These are among the new series of 13 graphic images that are required to be printed on cigarette packages across Canada ...
Jul 22, 2026
Salmonella outbreak over but ban on pistachios from Iran still in effect: PHAC
TORONTO - The Public Health Agency of Canada says a salmonella outbreak from contaminated pistachios is over but people should still avoid pistachio products coming from Iran. The outbreak began in Ma...
Jul 21, 2026