Tag Archives: Health
Canadian who says he was tortured in Syria wants court to force Ottawa's hand
OTTAWA - A Canadian man who says he has been tortured in Syria is asking the Federal Court to order Ottawa to decide whether to help bring him home. The man, known publicly only as SS, is one of sever...
Feb 03, 2026
Appeals court overturns former UCLA gynecologist's sex abuse conviction
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A California appeals court on Monday overturned the conviction of a former campus gynecologist at the University of California, Los Angeles, on sex abuse charges. James Heaps was se...
Feb 02, 2026
Seniors struggle with cold and loneliness in freezing temperatures and heavy snowfall
TORONTO - Calls to Toronto Seniors Helpline are on the rise as older adults struggle with issues ranging from no heat in their homes to loneliness amid brutal cold and impassable snow-covered sidewalk...
Jan 31, 2026
CFIA official tells of threats and harassment that dogged ostrich cull operation
As Canadian Food Inspection Agency workers prepared for a cull of hundreds of ostriches at a British Columbia farm, they came under a variety of harassment from opponents of the operation, said a seni...
Jan 30, 2026
'Disturbing' scenes, record overdoses, as powerful sedative hits B.C. drug supply
VANCOUVER - Last weekend, frontline health workers in Trail, B.C., reported "disturbing" scenes to Dr. Karin Goodison, medical health officer with Interior Health. She said workers were finding about ...
Jan 29, 2026
Quebec private doctors challenge law forcing five years of public system work
MONTREAL - Quebec's private doctors federation is mounting a legal challenge against a law that requires all new doctors to practice in the province's public system for five years. The Fdration des md...
Jan 29, 2026
More caregivers in Quebec eligible for compensation under new home health policy
MONTREAL - Quebec is launching a new home health-care policy that will make some family caregivers eligible for government funding. Health Minister Sonia Blanger says the policy is aimed at improving ...
Jan 29, 2026
'Health-care systems are not built for us': LGBTQ+ people struggle to get good care
TORONTO - A new report says LGBTQ+ people in Canada aren't getting access to the health care they need - including mental-health treatment -compared to the general population. The Pink Paper on Health...
Jan 29, 2026
Months after B.C. ostrich cull, why does protest movement persist?
Melody Leinweber's latest tattoo is a stylized portrait of an ostrich with a colourful beak, pink and turquoise stars around its head and a twinkle in its eyes. The mother of four from West Kelowna, B...
Jan 29, 2026
Food inspection agency to cut more than 1,300 jobs, says union
OTTAWA - The union representing employees at the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said staff have been told 1,371 agency jobs will be cut as part of the government's cost-cutting exercise. The Agricult...
Jan 28, 2026