Tag Archives: Health
Party leaders make economic, budget promises in Week 2 of B.C. election campaign
VICTORIA - Resource development and making British Columbia an "energy superpower" to grow the economy would allow for a new provincial government to pay down the record deficit, both the NDP and Cons...
Sep 28, 2026
Quebec voters bring issues like economy, language and health to advance polling
MONTREAL - Along the Saint-Lawrence River, with a view of the Montreal skyline, voters gathered at advance polling stations like one at the Montreal science centre to cast early ballots ahead of the p...
Sep 27, 2026
Former federal public servant seeks better pensions for injured workers
OTTAWA - A former public servant is calling for changes to pension rules for workers who have to retire early after getting injured on the job. Pamla Marchand worked for Correctional Service Canada as...
Sep 26, 2026
Grifols says plasma donor safety was not compromised as it works to regain licence
WINNIPEG - A for-profit company that oversees plasma collection says it is working with Health Canada on a reopening plan after the federal health agency suspended one its operating licences for a cli...
Sep 24, 2026
B.C. Conservatives vow new rule to keep Doerkson leader, as Rustad exits
The British Columbia Conservatives moved Wednesday to head off suggestions that interim leader Lorne Doerkson would not remain premier if he wins the Oct. 24 election, as it announced former leader Jo...
Sep 23, 2026
B.C. Conservatives vow new rule to keep Doerkson leader, as Rustad exits
The British Columbia Conservatives moved Wednesday to head off suggestions that interim leader Lorne Doerkson would not remain premier if he wins the Oct. 24 election, as it announced former leader Jo...
Sep 23, 2026
Don't fear a referendum, PQ leader says in final debate of election campaign
MONTREAL - Parti Qubecois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon urged Quebecers not to be afraid of a referendum, as the five main party leaders clashed Wednesday on sovereignty, finances and the cost of li...
Sep 23, 2026
Health minister says she's not considering looser regulations on nicotine pouches
OTTAWA - Federal Health Minister Marjorie Michel says she's not considering changes to regulations that restrict the sale of nicotine pouches, while tobacco control groups say the government needs to ...
Sep 23, 2026
'This is torture': Lives of Congolese people disrupted by Canada's Ebola travel ban
TORONTO - A wedding missed. A school semester deferred. The last several months have been marked by misses for people from the Democratic Republic of Congo with ties to Canada. Visa holders from the D...
Sep 22, 2026
B.C. government restarts planning for Burnaby Hospital expansion
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government is resuscitating the Burnaby Hospital expansion, a project that had been put on hold because of budget pressures. Infrastructure Minister Bowinn Ma says plan...
Sep 21, 2026