Tag Archives: Health
Diverting intoxicated people from ER to recovery program 'transformative': study
TORONTO - A new study suggests diverting intoxicated people from emergency rooms to a safe recovery space can help free up valuable health care resources and offer more suitable care. The study, publi...
Sep 16, 2026
Vancouver General Hospital to make custom splints using 3D printing, saving time
VICTORIA - British Columbia's largest hospital will become the first health care facility in North America to produce custom splints using 3D printing technology on site. Health Minister Ravi Kahlon s...
Sep 15, 2026
Vancouver General Hospital to make custom splints using 3D printing, saving time
VICTORIA - British Columbia's largest hospital will become the first health care facility in North America to produce custom splints using 3D printing technology on site. Health Minister Ravi Kahlon s...
Sep 15, 2026
B.C. court strikes rule to force foreign-trained doctors to work in remote areas
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's health minister says the province will tweak the system that attracts doctors to rural communities after a B.C. Supreme Court ruling that the government wasn't authorize...
Sep 15, 2026
Inquiry blasts hospital for failure to protect babies after nurse Lucy Letby convicted of 7 murders
LONDON (AP) - An appeals court judge issued a scathing report Tuesday that found dysfunctional management and a "complete failure" to protect babies at the British hospital where neonatal nurse Lucy L...
Sep 15, 2026
Céline Dion makes emotional return to concert stage after nearly six years
PARIS - After nearly six years away from the concert stage, Cline Dion returned Saturday night with a fitting message: "On ne change pas"-- we don't change. The Quebec superstar opened her show before...
Sep 13, 2026
Groups call for end to tariffs on sports gear, warn of economic impacts
OTTAWA - Some sports organizations and companies are urging governments on both sides of the border to suspend sports-related tariffs, warning of heightened economic challenges and waning participatio...
Sep 13, 2026
Groups call for end to tariffs on sports gear, warn of economic impacts
OTTAWA - Some sports organizations and companies are urging governments on both sides of the border to suspend sports-related tariffs, warning of heightened economic challenges and waning participatio...
Sep 13, 2026
'The Final Act' offers an intimate look at death through people who chose MAID
TORONTO - After filming 69-year-old Cline Carpentier take her final breaths before a medically assisted death, Sophie Deraspe couldn't help but notice, in sharp focus, all the life around her. On the ...
Sep 12, 2026
UK lawmakers vote down bill to allow assisted dying in England and Wales
LONDON (AP) - U.K. lawmakers on Friday voted down legislation to allow terminally ill adults in England and Wales to choose to end their lives. Following an impassioned four-hour debate in the elected...
Sep 11, 2026