Tag Archives: Health
Quebec order of physicians urges government to suspend controversial doctor-pay law
MONTREAL - Quebec's professional order of physicians has called for an immediate suspension of a provincial law that ties doctors' pay to performance targets and threatens punitive damages over action...
Oct 31, 2025
People 'generally' support advance MAID requests before decision-making capacity lost: report
TORONTO - A new Health Canada report says people surveyed about medical assistance in dying "generally" support allowing patients who will lose their decision-making capacity to give advance consent. ...
Oct 31, 2025
Public Health Nurse assisting at Marguerite Riel Centre
An opportunity for additional health services in Melfort. The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) and Marguerite Riel Centre (MRC) have announced that a Public Health Nurse (RN) will be available in t...
Oct 30, 2025
Trigger for new immigration powers 'intentionally not defined' in border bill: Diab
OTTAWA - Immigration Minister Lena Diab says the definition of a "public interest" event that would allow her department to pause or revoke immigration applications is "intentionally not defined" in n...
Oct 30, 2025
SHA promises better notification on emergency service disruption
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is planning changes to how the public learns about disruptions of emergency health care services. In a press release on Oct. 30, the SHA said that all emergency...
Oct 30, 2025
Senator tries again to put limits on prisons' use of solitary confinement
OTTAWA - Sen. Kim Pate has been fighting against prisons' use of solitary confinement since 2018, when the federal government committed to curbing the practice. She told The Canadian Press the situati...
Oct 30, 2025
Sask. Health Authority to ditch problem-plagued AIMS scheduling system
The Saskatchewan Health Authority is returning to its previous scheduling system after a number of issues were identified with the AIMS system.The payroll and scheduling components of the Administrati...
Oct 30, 2025
Legault stands firm on doctor payment reform, despite minister's resignation
QUBEC - Quebec Premier Franois Legault insists he will not back down on controversial changes to how the province's physicians are paid, despite a court challenge by a doctors' union and the resignati...
Oct 30, 2025
World champion ski jumper Alex Loutitt puts in the work to return to her sport
World champion ski jumper Alex Loutitt has unearthed a few silver linings in her rehabilitation from a devastating knee injury. The 21-year-old Calgarian, who was the first Canadian to win a world tit...
Oct 30, 2025
Oilers' Hyman out at least another week due to wrist injury
EDMONTON - Edmonton Oilers head coach Kris Knoblauch said forward Zach Hyman will need at least another week before returning to the lineup. Hyman, a key part of the team's offensive attack, skated wi...
Oct 29, 2025