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Descrease article font size Increase article font size Trillium Health Partners says one if its physicians received an “anti-Semitic death threat” and Peel Regional Police are now investigating the incident. Police said the incident that happened in Mississauga and is being investigated as hate-motivated. Trillium Health Partners said that on …

Nova Scotia’s chief medical officer of health will hold a media availability about respiratory illnesses Tuesday afternoon. In a release, the province said Dr. Robert Strang will provide an update on the fall vaccine rollout plan. The event begins at 11:30 a.m. and will be live streamed on this page. …

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Laurent Duvernay-Tardif is retiring from professional football. The Quebec native, 32, announced his retirement on social media Thursday morning, saying he feels “serene” with his decision and that he’s walking away feeling accomplished. Duvernay-Tardif played six NFL seasons with the Kansas City …

With tens of thousands of Londoners lacking a primary care doctor, a local team of health providers say their planned recruitment and retention program has been misunderstood and is desperately needed. The Middlesex London Ontario Health Team (MLOHT) requested $80,000 annually for three years from the city of London to …

TORONTO — Ontario’s top doctor expects to see a growing number of cases of three types of tick-borne illness in the province, in addition to Lyme disease — a spread he says is directly linked to climate change. A new regulation that takes effect this weekend requires health-care providers in …

A B.C. doctor is suing Interior Health, claiming he was wrongfully suspended for bringing up vaccination concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic. The civil claim by Dr. Charles Hoffe, who says he was an emergency room doctor and a family physician, was filed in Kelowna Supreme Court on Monday, April 24. …

A doctor named in a lawsuit after a Nova Scotia woman died in hospital following a long wait to see a physician has denied allegations from the family that he failed in his duties. Allison Holthoff died at the Cumberland Regional Health Centre in Amherst, N.S., due to complications associated …

TORONTO — Ontario’s top doctor says even though COVID-19 and flu activity is declining, the province “must remain vigilant” as a more transmissible variant gains ground. In a statement, Dr. Kieran Moore says parts of Ontario are reporting a rise in the number of cases of the more easily spreadable …

A study led by researchers with the Ontario Medical Association found no evidence patients substituted hospital emergency rooms for virtual visits with their family doctor in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Researchers say the peer-reviewed study, published Monday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, is significant given recent …

Amid shrinking access and demand, a Winnipeg doctor is urging Manitobans to get their bivalent COVID-19 vaccine as the highly infectious XBB.1.5 subvariant spreads across North America. The new hybrid, a recombinant Omicron variant dubbed the “Kraken,” is expected to bring a surge of breakthrough cases to the province. “We …