Tag Archives: Health
Canadian ski jumper Loutitt to undergo knee surgery, will miss 2026 Winter Games
CALGARY - Canadian ski jumper Alex Loutitt will miss the 2026 Winter Olympics after sustaining a knee injury during a Summer Grand Prix competition. Loutitt, a 2023 world champion and part of Canada's...
Sep 22, 2025
UBCM leaders call on B.C. to fill housing gaps that led to increased homelessness
VICTORIA - Municipal leaders in British Columbia are calling on the provincial government to fill housing gaps that have been pressing for "far too long" and have increased homelessness in their commu...
Sep 22, 2025
U.S. right-wing commentator offers to house B.C. ostriches facing cull order
EDGEWOOD, BRITISH COLUMBIA - An ostrich farm in British Columbia's Interior whose birds face a cull order has the support of a right-wing American influencer, who is asking for help from truck drivers...
Sep 21, 2025
U of S leading international project to help evaluate maternal health of Indigenous women
A professor at the University of Saskatchewan is leading an international project aiming to create a new tool in order to evaluate the maternal health of Indigenous women in rural parts of Canada and ...
Sep 20, 2025
Porcupine Carragana ER closed for part of Saturday
A temporary closure for the emergency department in the Town of Porcupine Plain. The Porcupine Carragana Hospital ER is closed Saturday from 4 p.m. to 11:59 p.m. Emergency services during that time ar...
Sep 19, 2025
Precautionary drinking water advisory in effect in Hudson Bay
The Town of Hudson Bay is under a precautionary drinking water advisory. The Water Security Agency posted the advisory on Friday due to elevated turbidity. Residents are advised to boil water for drin...
Sep 19, 2025
Missouri judge strikes down ballot summary for anti-abortion measure backed by Republican lawmakers
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - A Missouri judge has struck down a ballot summary for an anti-abortion amendment backed by Republican state lawmakers while concluding that it presented an unfair and insuff...
Sep 19, 2025
Dental program improving, industry says, but misconceptions about 'free' care persist
OTTAWA - The rollout of the national dental care program is improving, industry representatives say - but political statements are still driving a misconception among patients that the program will co...
Sep 19, 2025
Elon Musk's Neuralink brain chip clinical trial in Canada raises ethical questions
TORONTO - Some doctors and bioethicists are raising concerns about a Toronto hospital's partnership with a company founded by U.S. billionaire Elon Musk. University Health Network announced earlier th...
Sep 19, 2025
Canadian world race walk champion Evan Dunfee out of men's 20k event with injury
TOKYO - Evan Dunfee's hopes of adding another gold medal at the world athletics championships have ended after the Canadian race-walker pulled out of Saturday's men's 20-kilometre event with a hamstri...
Sep 19, 2025