Tag Archives: Health
Health Canada approves 1st pill to treat postpartum depression
TORONTO - Health Canada has approved the first drug designed to treat postpartum depression. Zuranolone, sold under the brand name Zurzuvae, is a pill taken once a day for 14 days and can start reliev...
Dec 09, 2025
The salmonella outbreak linked to pistachios is still ongoing. What you need to know
As holiday baking season begins, federal health agencies are warning Canadians that an investigation into salmonella-contaminated pistachios is still ongoing. Since March, 155 people have been reporte...
Dec 08, 2025
QuickFacts on the Alberta politicians facing citizen recall petitions
EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA - Seventeen Alberta legislature members with Premier Danielle Smith's United Conservative Party caucus are officially facing recall petitions from constituents. A recall camp...
Dec 05, 2025
B.C. releases guidance for doctors on youth mental health and substance-use care
VANCOUVER - Brock Eurchuk said he felt "completely cut adrift" by British Columbia's health care system when trying to deal with health troubles of their 16-year-old son, Elliot. The teenager died fro...
Dec 05, 2025
First details of forced addiction treatment plan made public
The Province of Saskatchewan has released the first details of its plan to force some addicts into treatment under what is being called the Compassionate Intervention Act. While the bill is not yet ta...
Dec 05, 2025
Health Canada recalls glucose monitors that may give patients incorrect readings
Health Canada is asking diabetes patients to check if their glucose monitor is subject to an international recall that has serious health risks. The federal agency is recalling some FreeStyle Libre 3 ...
Dec 05, 2025
Dancing with the Stars raises over $100k for pediatric trauma equipment in Melfort
Dancing brought in some major dollars for the North Central Health Care Foundation.The Dancing with the Stars event recently held in Melfort raised just over $100,000 to help purchase pediatric trauma...
Dec 05, 2025
Charge head coach Carla MacLeod returns to bench to 'overwhelming' reception
TORONTO - Carla MacLeod was back on the bench Thursday night, an experience she said was better than watching from her parents' couch. The Ottawa Charge head coach returned to the helm in a 3-1 loss t...
Dec 04, 2025
Study that said glyphosate herbicide is safe retracted 25 years after publication
OTTAWA - An influential research article that claimed a popular weed-killer was safe has been retracted 25 years after it was published, prompting environment groups in Canada to ask the federal gover...
Dec 04, 2025
Montreal-area measles case is first reported in Quebec since April
MONTREAL - Quebec is reporting a new case of measles in the Montreal area, the first in the province since April. The case involves a person who visited a pediatric clinic in St-Eustache, Que., an off...
Dec 04, 2025