Tag Archives: Health
New HIV prevention guidelines say doctors should not be 'gatekeeping' PrEP
A coalition of doctors across Canada is releasing a new guideline for prescribing medications that can prevent HIV infection, with a strong focus on increasing the promotion and awareness of the expan...
Nov 30, 2025
Ottawa Charge head coach Carla MacLeod announces breast cancer diagnosis
OTTAWA - Carla MacLeod, the head coach of the Ottawa Charge and Czechia's national women's hockey team, says she has been diagnosed with breast cancer. In a statement issued by the by the Professional...
Nov 30, 2025
UNAIDS chief urges Carney not to cut foreign aid, global health funding
OTTAWA - The head of the United Nations' HIV/AIDS program is urging Prime Minister Mark Carney to reverse his government's planned cuts to foreign aid and global health funding. "My message to Prime M...
Nov 30, 2025
Most assisted deaths in Canada come after cancer diagnosis, annual report finds
OTTAWA - Most people who chose medical assistance in dying in 2024 had a cancer diagnosis and were over the age of 70, new data from Health Canada shows. The country's annual report on medical assista...
Nov 28, 2025
La Ronge doctors submitted scurvy findings to peer-viewed journal
One year after La Ronge doctors diagnosed more than two dozen cases of scurvy, they are now waiting for their finding to be published in a peer-reviewed journal. "Hopefully that goes through," said Dr...
Nov 27, 2025
Captain Brady Tkachuk ready to return for Senators in hometown of St. Louis
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators will get a major boost when captain Brady Tkachuk returns on Friday. Tkachuk is slated to return to Ottawa's lineup against the St. Louis Blues, ending a six-week recovery...
Nov 27, 2025
'Frustrating': Veterinarians urge regulatory changes as medicine shortages mount
REGINA - Canadian veterinarians no longer have to access to 40 per cent of medications they once were able to use, a figure the head of the national association says is worrying. Tracy Fisher, preside...
Nov 27, 2025
Roommates 31 years apart in age free one another from hiding Parkinson's
Roommates Li Jiang and Elaine Jongsma are 31 years apart in age, but they have much in common. Their late November birthdays fall one day away from one another, and celebrations are set for this weeke...
Nov 27, 2025
B.C. drug club co-founder surprised by lack of 'urgency' from Health Canada on crisis
VANCOUVER - A co-founder of Vancouver's Drug User Liberation Front said he was surprised by Health Canada's lack of "urgency" about the deadly toxic drug crisis, and the absence of a pharmaceutical-gr...
Nov 26, 2025
Committee MPs amend border bill to restrict health, other benefits to deportees
OTTAWA - MPs on the House of Commons national security committee have amended the government's border security bill, C-12, to restrict the benefits people subject to removal orders can access. MPs deb...
Nov 26, 2025