Tag Archives: Health
Children's hospitals seeing more flu cases as earlier season takes a toll
TORONTO - Hospitals are seeing more children sick with flu after the virus began circulating earlier than usual this year. The Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario said it saw eight times more kids ...
Dec 04, 2025
Calgary researchers help shed light on gaps in sport injury prevention for women
CALGARY - With more women and girls playing sports, there's been a corresponding rise in injuries that can end participation. That's the consensus of 109 researchers, including three from the Universi...
Dec 04, 2025
George Springer connects with young Jays fan as part of Make-A-Wish holiday campaign
TORONTO - Delfina Budziak was mid-sentence when she saw George Springer walk into a downtown Toronto restaurant. Suddenly, no words would come. "When I first saw him walk through the door, I just froz...
Dec 03, 2025
Quebec doctor and ex-politician suspended for his treatment of Lyme disease
MONTRAL - A doctor and former head of a Quebec political party has been suspended for six months from practising medicine by the province's college of physicians for his approach to treating patients ...
Dec 03, 2025
Settlement in 23andMe data breach class-action proposed at about $4.49M
Canadians affected by a 23andMe data security breach two years ago have reached a proposed class-action settlement with the genetic testing company for approximately $4.49 million. Canada's privacy wa...
Dec 03, 2025
Charge, Frost play with MacLeod in mind after breast cancer diagnosis
OTTAWA - Hockey took somewhat of a backseat despite Tuesday's rematch between the 2025 Walter Cup finalists. The Professional Women's Hockey League community came together to support Ottawa's beloved ...
Dec 03, 2025
B.C. requires witness for those using supply drugs to stop diversion to streets
VICTORIA - Rules are being tightened for British Columbia's overdose-prevention safer supply program to require a witness when a user takes their drugs in an effort to stop the pills from being sold o...
Dec 02, 2025
NDP leader says Liberals are being 'dishonest' about the future of pharmacare
OTTAWA - The federal government's response to a report it commissioned on national pharmacare was "shockingly dismissive," NDP interim leader Don Davies said this week as he called on the Liberals to ...
Dec 02, 2025
Nurse practitioners coming to Melfort; waitlist opens Wednesday
We have more information on the addition of two full-time nurse practitioners in Melfort. As we announced in November, Trent Leland and Taylor Arnold have joined the Primary Health Care team and will ...
Dec 02, 2025
Charge's Carla MacLeod navigates desire to coach with need for cancer treatment
Carla MacLeod says it won't be easy reconciling her desire to coach hockey with her need for breast cancer treatment. As coach of both the PWHL's Ottawa Charge and the Czech women's team, she's accust...
Dec 01, 2025