Tag Archives: Health
Annette, the harbour seal, rescued from netting around her neck in West Vancouver
VANCOUVER - A young harbour seal is recovering after being rescued from a life-threatening gillnet entanglement in West Vancouver. Dr. Martin Haulena, the head veterinarian at the Vancouver Aquarium M...
Jan 28, 2026
Food inspection agency to cut more than 1,300 jobs, says union
OTTAWA - The union representing employees at the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said staff have been told 1,371 agency jobs will be cut as part of the government's cost-cutting exercise. The Agricult...
Jan 28, 2026
Patients detail 'disaster' inside Alberta emergency departments
Sick with pneumonia and a blood infection, Paula Krawiec said her 77-year-old mother waited 24 hours to see a doctor in the emergency department at an Edmonton-area hospital last month. Over in Calgar...
Jan 28, 2026
B.C. paramedics and emergency dispatchers set February date for strike vote
VANCOUVER - The union representing ambulance paramedics and emergency dispatchers in British Columbia says its more than 6,000 members will be taking a strike vote in early February. Ambulance Paramed...
Jan 27, 2026
Judge orders fitness trial for man accused of killing B.C. Mountie in 2022
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has ordered a three-day fitness trial for the man accused of killing RCMP Const. Shaelyn Yang more than three years ago. Jongwon Ham - who appeared v...
Jan 27, 2026
Judge orders fitness trial for man accused of killing B.C. Mountie in 2022
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has ordered a three-day fitness trial for the man accused of killing RCMP Const. Shaelyn Yang more than three years ago. Jongwon Ham - who appeared v...
Jan 27, 2026
Labs flooded as pipes burst at Montreal mental health hospital institute
MONTREAL - Four labs were damaged after burst pipes sent water pouring through an aging building at a Montreal mental health hospital and research centre on Monday, in what a staff member describes as...
Jan 27, 2026
Claims process opens for 'Indian hospitals' settlement
OTTAWA - The claims process for a landmark "Indian hospitals" settlement opened Tuesday, nearly one year after the federal government reached an agreement with survivors on compensation. The federal g...
Jan 27, 2026
Vancouver Canucks goalie Thatcher Demko to have season-ending hip surgery
VANCOUVER - Another injury-plagued season has ended for Vancouver Canucks goalie Thatcher Demko. The NHL team announced Tuesday that the star netminder is set to undergo season-ending hip surgery next...
Jan 27, 2026
Former member of Parliament Kirsty Duncan dies at age 59
TORONTO - Former cabinet minister, scientist and champion for safe sport Kirsty Duncan has died at the age of 59. Duncan had made public her multiple operations, radiation and chemotherapy to treat he...
Jan 26, 2026