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A southwestern Ontario family is calling for a needle-free flu vaccine to be publicly funded again so that it’s a real option for children this flu season. Ryan McClanahan has been trying buy a nasal spray, such as FluMist, but says it’s impossible to find for his nine-year-old son who has a …

This First Person article is the experience of Monica Bobbitt, a military widow, writer and grief advocate in Ottawa. For more information about CBC’s First Person stories, please see the FAQ. Last May, on the eighth anniversary of my husband Dan’s death, our son brought his infant daughter to visit her grandfather’s …

The provincial government is making big changes to how general practitioners are being paid, with the hopes of recruiting and retaining physicians as B.C. struggles with an ongoing doctor shortage. On Monday, the province announced a new payment model that it says will allow for more time with patients and compensate …

A mother from Temagami, Ont., says her family does not qualify for the funding she needs to care for her son with cerebral palsy. While the province provides support to volunteer homes which help children with complex needs, Candice Rogerson said her family does not qualify for enough money to …

Measures to block members of the Iranian regime from entering Canada that the federal government says it intends to pursue could include their family members, the immigration minister says. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced last week that his government is taking steps to use provisions under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) …

The family of a cinematographer shot and killed by Alec Baldwin last year on the set of the film Rust has agreed to settle a lawsuit against the actor and the movie’s producers, and production on the project will resume in January. “We have reached a settlement, subject to court approval, …

As the first person in her family to attend university, Zahra Fazal says she sometimes didn’t know where to turn to for information other than Google. After arriving at the University of British Columbia from her native Tanzania, she attended an orientation session that was filled with terms common on university campuses. She …

This story is part of Situation Critical, a series from CBC British Columbia reporting on the barriers people in this province face in accessing timely and appropriate health care. Gary Shuster’s belief in public health care is so strong that in 2008 he worked on Barack Obama’s election campaign, attracted by …

B.C. family doctors say a $118-million funding boost from the province will help with high overhead costs in the short-term but won’t address the mounting health-care crisis. More than a million British Columbians are without a family doctor. Family physicians are increasingly leaving their practices due to the mounting costs …

A B.C. family had a thrilling experience off the coast of Vancouver Island when a humpback whale spent almost an hour rubbing up against their boat, spinning around, and flapping its fins.  Aleks Mount was whale watching with his family on Tuesday, northeast of Campbell River, when the whale got friendly.  …