Tag Archives: Health
QuickList on the 21 Alberta politicians facing citizen recall petitions
Twenty Alberta legislature members with Premier Danielle Smith's 47-member United Conservative Party caucus are officially facing recall petitions from constituents. A recall campaign has also been ap...
Dec 10, 2025
Inside the Ring of Fire: A tale of two First Nations and a road that could change everything
WEBEQUIE AND NESKANTAGA FIRST NATIONS - This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center. - I. THE WARNING The ancestors knew. First Nation elders understood the south would march north eventually. The...
Dec 10, 2025
Why northern First Nations still rely on diesel fuel — and what could power the coveted Ring of Fire
NESKANTAGA FIRST NATION - This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center. - The fumes coming through the walls of Neskantaga First Nation's nursing station warned of a crisis with a familiar smell. D...
Dec 10, 2025
Alberta begins final debate on bill to apply notwithstanding clause to 3 more laws
EDMONTON - The Alberta government moved to the final stage of debate early Wednesday on legislation that, if passed, would see the Charter's notwithstanding clause invoked four times in less than two ...
Dec 10, 2025
Health Canada approves first pill to treat postpartum depression
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 relieving depress...
Dec 09, 2025
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