2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (678+ words) Alberta's fractured health care needs to be put back together, the NDP said Thursday. At the Calgary announcement of the party's Future of Health Care plan, a doctor and a one-time patient took the podium to deliver the diagnosis. Dr....

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (208+ words) Yukon's chief coroner is sounding the alarm over toxic illicit drugs after four deaths were reported in the span of a week from Aug. 18 to 25. "The illicit drug supply remains highly toxic and unpredictable," reads a news release from the…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (742+ words) A scathing report from Newfoundland and Labrador's auditor general into the state of long-term care facilities has advocates calling for action to address problems they say have been years in the making. The 64-page report, released Sept. 3, looked into the…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (890+ words) A new Medicare pilot program covers hemp-derived cannabidiol (CBD) products to treat certain patients, even as Congress is moving forward with a law that will effectively wipe those same products off the market. The resulting policy quagmire threatens patient access,…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (473+ words) TORONTO — Two more whales have died at a Chicago aquarium, including one that recently moved there as part of the massive undertaking to relocate 30 belugas and four dolphins from Marineland. The whales died Wednesday afternoon despite "immediate efforts by animal…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (585+ words) The president of the Canadian Medical Association agrees with those opposed to Alberta's new health-care legislation, saying it could lead to the end of universal health care in Canada. "It's pretty clear from other jurisdictions that have released similar types…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (682+ words) The pandemic experience of thousands of Scottish workers has been documented in a new publication by the Scottish Covid-19 Inquiry, which reveals stark differences in how workers say they were treated and protected. Voices from Businesses and Individuals draws on…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (853+ words) More than four weeks after Neskantaga First Nations declared a state of emergency (SOE) over a sewage spill at its nursing station, a fire at its temporary health-care facility has left the community scrambling again. The sewage spill in the…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (298+ words) Islanders rallied Tuesday against what they say is the growing threat of a two-tier health-care system, and called on the federal government to take action against Alberta's Bill 11. "Instead of investing those dollars in a public system or their public…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (564+ words) The P.E.I. government has signed off on nearly $31 million in extra spending for Health P.E.I., leaving Island Opposition parties with questions about transparency. Critics from the provincial Liberal and Green parties said they are looking for answers from government about the additional…...