Category Archives: Health
“Slippery slope”: Alberta’s Kenney questions federal-B.C. drug decriminalization plan
EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says he has concerns about the federal government’s decision to decriminalize possession of small amounts of illegal drugs in British Columbia. Kenney says the decision is a “slippery slope” and is counter-produ...
Manitoba will not seek exemption for personal drug use: justice minister
WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government says it will not follow British Columbia's in decriminalizing possession of small amounts of drugs for personal use. The federal government has approved B.C.'s request for a three-year exemption that will prevent char...
Pandemic measures to remain at border for at least another month, PHAC announces
OTTAWA — COVID-19 restrictions at the border will remain in place for at least another month, the Public Health Agency of Canada reported Tuesday. The agency made the announcement on Twitter the day after Parliament voted down a Conservative motion to
Next Hong Kong leader says city must work harder at COVID-19
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s incoming chief executive, John Lee, said Tuesday the city still has to work hard at controlling the coronavirus and boosting vaccination rates.
Canada announces decriminalization plan for drug users in B.C. to fight overdoses
VANCOUVER — Drug users in British Columbia won't be arrested or charged for possessing up to 2.5 grams of illicit drugs starting next year as the province serves as a potential model to stem the overdose crisis across the country. The
A ‘terrible nightmare’: Treating Ukraine’s wounded civilians
POKROVSK, Ukraine (AP) — In wheelchairs and on stretchers, in ambulances and on train station platforms, they wait. Medical workers pull out ramps and wheel the patients onto the specially equipped train that will carry them westwards, away from the
Shanghai moves toward ending 2-month COVID-19 lockdown
SHANGHAI (AP) — Shanghai authorities say they will take major steps Wednesday toward reopening China's largest city after a two-month COVID-19 lockdown that has set back the national economy and largely confined millions of people to their homes.
B.C. starts Burnaby Hospital upgrade as rural hospitals face weekend ward closures
BURNABY, B.C. — British Columbia's hospital system is "teetering" and in need of more federal funding, Premier John Horgan said, as he addressed recent temporary ward closures at hospitals in rural communities. Such closures left residents "perplexed,"...
Yukon supervised drug consumption site upgraded to allow indoor smoking
WHITEHORSE — People who use illicit drugs may now smoke their substances at the supervised drug consumption site in Whitehorse, one of the first in Canada to allow inhalation indoors, the Yukon government announced Monday. A new room with an upgraded
Study struggles to explain why Quebec has high COVID death toll but low excess death
MONTREAL — Researchers are having a hard time explaining why Quebec had the country's highest official COVID-19 death toll despite a relatively low number of excess deaths between March 2020 and October 2021. A new study released Monday by the Canadian...
