Tag Archives: Health
Community voices frustration as Burnaby hospital expansion project is put on hold
BURNABY - Dozens of protesters carrying placards gathered in a park in Burnaby, B.C., to rally against the provincial government's cancellation of a construction contract for a hospital expansion in t...
May 24, 2026
Best of times, worst of times: Montreal clinic cares for pregnant women with cancer
MONTREAL - On May 15, 2024, Habalet Andre Loblegnon learned she was pregnant for the fourth time. Two weeks later, she was diagnosed with stage three breast cancer. She had noticed a lump under her ri...
May 24, 2026
Nurses union, B.C. employer reach tentative agreement; ratification set for June
VICTORIA - The union representing about 60,000 nurses in British Columbia and their provincial employer have reached a tentative contract agreement that would give members a 12 per cent wage hike over...
May 22, 2026
Province expands mental health screening tool to Mounties in B.C. Interior
VERNON - British Columbia's Public Safety Ministry says Mounties in the Interior will soon have access to a new mental health screening tool. It says use of HealthIM, which has been implemented in oth...
May 22, 2026
Ontario patient tests negative for Ebola, while new border screening measures are in place amid Congo outbreak
TORONTO - A person in Ontario tested negative for Ebola after returning from Ethiopia with symptoms consistent with a range of illnesses, Canada's top doctor said Friday, noting the risk of the virus ...
May 22, 2026
Ontario patient tests negative for Ebola, while new border screening measures are in place amid Congo outbreak
TORONTO - A person in Ontario tested negative for Ebola after returning from Ethiopia with symptoms consistent with a range of illnesses, Canada's top doctor said Friday, noting the risk of the virus ...
May 22, 2026
Congo suspends funeral wakes and big gatherings in Ebola outbreak, as WHO upgrades risk assessment
BUNIA, Congo (AP) - Authorities in northeastern Congo banned funeral wakes and gatherings of more than 50 people Friday in an effort to curb a rapidly spreading Ebola outbreak in a region where medica...
May 22, 2026
Expert: Canada should be vigilant about Ebola with World Cup coming in two weeks
TORONTO - An expert on public health and communicable diseases says Canada should remain vigilant about an Ebola outbreak in Africa, with the FIFA men's World Cup coming to Toronto and Vancouver in tw...
May 22, 2026
Quebecer graduating from Polytechnique with service dog who attended every class
MONTREAL - When Victor Bal walks across the stage to collect his mechanical engineering degree at Polytechnique Montral, his service dog Kopeck will be by his side - just as she's been for every singl...
May 22, 2026
Ebola: How it spreads, the treatments available and why this outbreak is so devastating
TORONTO - As a rare strain of Ebola virus continues to spread in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, here's what Canadians need to know. ARE THERE DIFFERENT TYPES OF EBOLA? Yes. There are a f...
May 22, 2026