Category Archives: Health
Data shows Alberta’s emergency medical services in crisis: NDP Opposition
EDMONTON — Alberta's Opposition says new data shows health care is in crisis because of long wait times. The Alberta Health Services Emergency Medical Services quarterly dashboard from early April shows ambulance response times in urban areas progressi...
N.S. to borrow $1.8 billion to fund previously announced long-term care projects
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia will borrow up to $1.8 billion to fund previously announced long-term care projects over the next few years. The provincial government says in a statement the loans will finance the construction or renovation of 27 long-term care...
Maine clarifies marijuana rules to try to aid medical users
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine has clarified some of its marijuana rulemaking procedures in a move supporters said would protect medical users and growers. The bill to
Liberals spend $3.5M on abortion access projects as U.S. puts issue back in spotlight
OTTAWA — The Liberal government is spending $3.5 million on two projects to improve abortion access in Canada, as the re-emergence of the landmark Roe v. Wade case in the United States brings renewed attention to the issue on both
Quebec lost almost $1 billion on COVID-19 protective equipment: auditor general
MONTREAL — Quebec's unpreparedness and its delayed reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic led to the province losing almost $1 billion in its procurement of personal protective equipment, the auditor general said Wednesday. The government waited too long an...
The tiniest babies: Shifting the boundary of life earlier
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Michelle Butler was just over halfway through her pregnancy when her water broke and contractions wracked her body. She couldn’t escape a terrifying truth: Her twins were coming much too soon.
Ontario Liberals promise $1B to clear surgery backlog from pandemic
TORONTO — The Ontario Liberals would put $1 billion over two years toward clearing an overwhelming surgical backlog – a pledge that's part of all three major parties' election platforms. Leader Steven Del Duca said Wednesday a Liberal government would ...
Wartime birth amid the air raid sirens in Ukraine hospital
LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — It's easy to tell the delivery room from the rest of the main maternity hospital in Ukraine’s western city of Lviv, even from the outside. Its exterior wall is piled high with sandbags.
EU lifts mask recommendation for air travel as pandemic ebbs
BERLIN (AP) — The European Union will no longer recommend medical masks be worn at airports and on planes starting next week amid the easing of coronavirus restrictions across the bloc, though member states can still require them, officials said
Most Canadians support the right to choose to have an abortion: poll
OTTAWA — As the United States faces turmoil over the possible overturning of the right to have an abortion, a new poll offers a picture of how Canadians feel about the issue. About four in five respondents to an online survey
