Tag Archives: Health
Canada's status as a country without endemic measles can now be revoked
TORONTO - Canada is poised to lose its international status as a measles-free country now that an outbreak that began in New Brunswick and spread to other provinces has hit the one-year mark. The coun...
Oct 27, 2025
Food costs are spiralling. These Canadians are turning to food banks for help.
TORONTO - Sticker shock hit hard when single mom Kristina Kennedy saw the sausages she usually buys were $1.50 more than expected. As the sole caregiver to four children, the 40-year-old says price hi...
Oct 27, 2025
'Shocking' data shows more treatment needed for youth with opioid use disorder: doctors
TORONTO - An editorial published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal on Monday says more youth are using opioids and calls for urgent action to provide treatment when they become addicted. "Th...
Oct 26, 2025
U of T emergency fund offers 'lifeline' to researchers facing U.S. funding cuts
TORONTO - The University of Toronto has created an emergency fund to support its researchers who are facing unexpected losses in funding to due cuts and policy changes at U.S. federal research agencie...
Oct 25, 2025
Vancouver authorities should have known festival attacker posed threat, lawsuit says
VANCOUVER - In the weeks before a deadly attack at a Vancouver Filipino festival, suspect Adam Kai-Ji Lo asked to have his antipsychotic medication reduced, even as his mental health was deteriorating...
Oct 24, 2025
Man who stabbed 3 at Vancouver Chinatown festival found not criminally responsible
VANCOUVER - A man accused of aggravated assault for stabbing three people at a Vancouver Chinatown festival, in an attack that prompted debate over the handling of some psychiatric patients, has been ...
Oct 24, 2025
Vancouver health authority sued over death of Canadian senator's son
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Coastal Health authority is being sued over the death of a Canadian senator's son whose body was found on the grounds of Vancouver General Hospital, four days after he went m...
Oct 24, 2025
Quebec tables special bill to impose new compensation scheme on doctors
QUBEC - Quebec's government has tabled special legislation to impose a new compensation scheme for doctors and put an end to their pressure tactics. The new bill says doctors who take "concerted actio...
Oct 24, 2025
'A part of something:' The mental health benefits of being a Blue Jays fan
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays have given Robert Stanton something to look forward to every day. "After the World Series is over, I'm not really sure what I'm going to do," Stanton said, sitting on a...
Oct 24, 2025
'A part of something:' The mental health benefits of being a Blue Jays fan
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays have given Robert Stanton something to look forward to every day. "After the World Series is over, I'm not really sure what I'm going to do," Stanton said, sitting on a...
Oct 24, 2025
