Tag Archives: Health
Health Canada approves 1st generic version of Ozempic in the country
TORONTO - Health Canada has approved the first generic version of brand-name Ozempic. The department says Canada is the first G7 country to authorize generic semaglutide. The injectable medication is ...
Apr 28, 2026
Fact File: RFK Jr.'s comment on Canada's medical assistance in dying law misleading
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told senators last week that medical assistance in dying is the leading cause of death in Canada. Canada's national statistics agency does not record MAID a...
Apr 28, 2026
Conservatives call on auditor general to investigate $250 million PrescribeIT program
OTTAWA - Conservative MPs are calling on the auditor general to probe the federal government's handling of a $250 million program which reportedly is set to be scrapped next month. PrescribeIT was lau...
Apr 27, 2026
Toronto man's HIV no longer detectable after bone marrow transplant
TORONTO - A Toronto patient who has been living with HIV for 27 years is in remission - and potentially cured, according to his doctors - after a bone marrow transplant from a donor naturally resistan...
Apr 25, 2026
Federal government gives $6.22 million over next two years to athletes' mental health
OTTAWA - The federal government will supply $6.22 million over the next two years for athletes' mental health. Secretary of Sport Adam van Koeverden made the announcement Friday in Ottawa. The money c...
Apr 24, 2026
Newfoundland axes unpopular U.K. soccer sponsorship. Was it really so bad?
ST. JOHN'S - The Newfoundland and Labrador government's unorthodox sponsorship of a fourth-tier soccer team in England is over, but not all marketers agree it deserved the widespread scorn it received...
Apr 24, 2026
Legal clinic says $8.6 million in federal spending could help tackle systemic racism
MONTREAL - Lawyers at a legal clinic operating in a low income neighbourhood in Montreal say that millions of dollars in federal grants will soon flow through into Black communities across the country...
Apr 24, 2026
Federal health coverage for rejected asylum claimants topped $275M over last decade
OTTAWA - The Immigration Department says Canada spent more than $275 million on health coverage over the past decade for asylum seekers whose claims were rejected by the Immigration and Refugee Board ...
Apr 23, 2026
Parliamentary committee on assisted dying has gone 'off the rails,' expert warns
OTTAWA - An expert in Canada's assisted dying laws is warning that the committee of MPs and senators tasked with studying whether the country is ready to allow people with mental illness to access MAI...
Apr 23, 2026
A year after Lapu Lapu ramming attack, grief, anger and hope intertwine
VANCOUVER - At a South Vancouver long-term care home, Jhosie Sico has forgotten what proper sleep feels like, because she now gets up in the middle of the night to change her 30-year-old son's diaper ...
Apr 23, 2026
