Tag Archives: Health

BURNABY, B.C. - Florence Girard's caregiver has told a British Columbia coroner's inquest she was deterred from getting help before Girard starved to death by policies about respecting the rights of p...

BURNABY, B.C. - Florence Girard was so small when she died that she "looked like a child" in her casket, her sister told a British Columbia coroner's inquest into the death of the woman. Sharon Bursey...

MONTREAL - The Quebec government says thousands of people might have been exposed to measles at a shopping mall north of Montreal earlier this month, as an outbreak of the highly contagious disease co...

The sister of a British Columbia woman with Down syndrome who starved to death in a Port Coquitlam home in 2018 says she believes more people will die if systemic changes aren't made to how people wit...

TORONTO - Federal funding for COVID-19 vaccines will stop this year and the provinces and territories will be responsible for buying them, as well as determining the timing of the vaccinations, the Pu...

TORONTO - Federal Health Minister Mark Holland says provincial and territorial health plans will cover primary care provided by nurse practitioners, pharmacists and midwives. Holland says regulated he...

The B.C. Conservatives are seeking a commission of inquiry into alleged election irregularities in a riding they lost by a razor-thin margin last year, including claims of improper voting at a mental ...

VANCOUVER - Whatever your tipple, Angela Hansen's liquor store on Vancouver's Commercial Drive has stock to satisfy, from Prosecco to tequila - so long as you don't want any actual liquor. Hansen's "a...

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government says a review is being launched into the death of a man who waited eight hours in a Winnipeg emergency department, but it's not clear how much of the review will be ...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia is reporting a 35 per cent drop in the number of hours emergency departments were closed across the province, though many rural ERs continue to struggle with chronic closures. In...