Saturday marks three years since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic.
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‘THEY CANNOT BE USED AGAIN’: Health Canada recall on certain child seats and seatbelt vests triggers warning to parents and drivers
Health Canada is issuing recalls for child car seats and seatbelt vests that could pose an…
Duclos warns provinces to stop letting patients be charged for virtual health care
UPDATE 5:50 p.m. Provinces that continue to allow private clinics to charge patients directly for virtual…
Class-action lawsuit proposed for shareholders affected by B.C. company’s cocaine claim
A Vancouver-based law firm says it has filed a proposed securities class-action lawsuit on behalf of…
Report says long COVID could impact economy and be ‘mass disabling event’ in Canada
A report released Thursday by Canada’s chief science adviser says she considers COVID-19 the “head” of…
COVID-19 pandemic led to largest drop in Canadian life expectancy on record, data shows
New data on the life expectancy of Canadians paints a stark picture of the impact of…
Ontario unlikely to meet health-care goals due to underspending and staffing, report finds
The challenges facing Ontario’s strained health-care system are “expected to persist” as a result of underfunding…
B.C. government spending $200M to increase food security
The B.C. government is hoping to get more locally grown food onto tables – something the…
Many Canadians happy, but mental health flatlines or worse for some, new data shows
February 2023 data from Mental Health Research Canada (MHRC) shows the mental stability of Canadians has…
Dominant strain of norovirus uses ‘unexpected mechanism’ to enter and infect our cells: study
A new study of a common virus that often causes the ‘stomach flu’ has made steps…