New end-of-life care home in Quebec highlights growing demand for MAID
In nearly 30 years as a palliative care physician, Dr. Nathalie Allard has provided end-of-life…
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Issues with rollout of federal disability benefit a ‘slap in the face’ for some recipients
Mark Davison was assured he had the correct total: $53.36. That sum is the monthly…
Wildfires are disrupting back-to-school again. Experts call for support to plan for them
Newfoundland parent Scott Chandler jokes that September is usually a whirlwind he “kind of dreads,” between…
Northeast B.C. measles vaccinations below herd immunity as school resumes, health officials say
Health officials in northeast B.C. are warning the measles outbreak isn’t over, and could flare…
Horizon resumes mandatory masking as respiratory illnesses rise in N.B.
Horizon Health Network has reintroduced mandatory masking in all patient-facing clinical areas in all of…
Why is it so hard to find the source of a legionnaires’ outbreak?
It took months of mapping cases, dozens of locations sampled and weeks of lab sequencing…
Alberta girl awarded damages in lawsuit over infection leading to quadruple amputation
A family from Grande Prairie, Alta., has been awarded damages in a multimillion-dollar lawsuit over…
Measles spread trending down as Alberta kids head back to the classroom. Will it last?
Alberta’s measles surge appears to be slowing, but with children back in school this week health…
Air quality warnings spread across B.C. as wildfire smoke lingers, heat records topple
Air quality advisories are in effect across British Columbia as wildfire smoke continues to blanket the…
PHAC cutting hundreds of jobs as part of ‘post-pandemic recalibration’
The Public Health Agency of Canada is cutting roughly 10 per cent of its employees…