Tag Archives: Health
New charges against man with al-Qaida ties as lawyer raises mental health concerns
MONTREAL - A homeless man who had attended al-Qaida training camps and is charged with allegedly threatening to bomb public transit in Montreal is now also accused of issuing a threat from jail to blo...
Jan 08, 2026
Quebec residences get training to become more inclusive and safe for LGBTQ+ seniors
MONTREAL - A Quebec foundation is hoping to train 10,000 people on making seniors residences safer and more inclusive for older LGBTQ+ adults. The mergence Foundation says seniors who are sexually and...
Jan 07, 2026
Novo Nordisk considers competing with generics through renamed lower-price Ozempic
TORONTO - Novo Nordisk Canada is considering competing with generic versions of its brand-name Ozempic and Wegovy drugs by introducing renamed, lower-priced copies of the medications. Health Canada ap...
Jan 07, 2026
'Would you dare take it?': Critics fear B.C. is deregulating Chinese medicine
VANCOUVER - Tom Whitfield takes a ferry from Nanaimo to a traditional Chinese medicine clinic in downtown Vancouver every Monday for acupuncture and other treatment. The excursion sometimes consumes t...
Jan 06, 2026
BR-Chinese-Medicine
VANCOUVER - Traditional Chinese medicine practitioners and students are protesting against plans by the B-C government to deregulate the prescribing, compounding, and dispensing of Chinese medicine. D...
Jan 06, 2026
Doctors fear CDC vaccine recommendation changes will fuel vaccine hesitancy in Canada
TORONTO - Sweeping changes to the childhood vaccine schedule in the U.S. are concerning doctors who say Canadian parents might get the false impression that it's unsafe to immunize their children. Ont...
Jan 06, 2026
Abortion stays legal in Wyoming as its top court strikes down laws, including first US pill ban
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) - Abortion will remain legal in Wyoming after the state Supreme Court struck down laws that include the country's first explicit ban on abortion pills, ruling Tuesday that the...
Jan 06, 2026
US drops the number of vaccines it recommends for every child
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. took the unprecedented step Monday of dropping the number of vaccines it recommends for every child -- leaving other immunizations, such as flu shots, open to families to ch...
Jan 05, 2026
N.S. couple donates 46 acres for an ‘intentional community’ with affordable housing
HALIFAX - When Amy Hendricks and Paul Davie moved to Antigonish, N.S., from Yellowknife, they had a bit of a struggle on their hands: finding the right plot of land. "We thought, how hard could it be?...
Jan 04, 2026
‘Don’t know that we’ve peaked yet’: December sees spike in Saskatchewan flu rates
Between Nov. 30 and Dec. 13, the number of people testing positive for influenza went from 13.5 per cent to 40.1 per cent, making it the highest increase since the start of Saskatchewan's flu season.A...
Jan 04, 2026