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The clause-by-clause review of Health Minister Christian Dubé’s major health-care reform, Bill 15, resumed at the National Assembly Monday afternoon. After hearing from several concerned parties in hearings last spring, the committee on health and social services will now continue to review the bill’s nearly 1,200 articles. If it’s adopted, …
Read More »Ozempic may soon be hard to find in Canada as supplier cites shortage – National
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted August 18, 2023 12:26 pm Updated August 18, 2023 12:30 pm Descrease article font size Increase article font size A shortage of diabetes drug Ozempic that is used off-label for weight loss is expected in Canada, the manufacturer said Friday. Novo Nordisk said it …
Read More »No injuries in ammonia leak at River Heights rink, Winnipeg firefighters say – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service (WFPS) crews responded to an ammonia alarm at a Winnipeg community centre just after midnight Friday. The WFPS said it was called to the River Heights site of Corydon Community Centre on Grosvenor Avenue, which houses an indoor …
Read More »Manitoba better prepared for fall COVID-19 resurgence, microbiologist says
A medical microbiologist at Winnipeg’s St. Boniface Hospital says Manitoba will be better prepared for a resurgence of COVID-19 this fall. Dr. Philippe Lagace-Wiens told 680 CJOB’s The News that cases of the new EG.5 subvariant of the virus are beginning to show up in the province. EG.5, a fast-spreading …
Read More »Manitoba election: PCs on track to underspend $1B on health care, NDP critic says – Winnipeg
The Manitoba NDP claims that since the Progressive Conservatives came into power in 2016, they have underspent on health care by over $600 million. At a press conference in Windsor Park, Health Minister Audrey Gordon’s constituency, NDP health critic Uzoma Asagwara said the Tories are on track to leave $1 …
Read More »Manitoba liquor store closures spark addictions, health conversation – Winnipeg
Manitoba’s liquor labour dispute may have put a wrap on its fourth full day of picketing, but the signs are still up, leaving many liquor stores closed and some addictions experts troubled. Their main concern pertains to the risks of alcohol withdrawal. “Alcohol problems become kind of medically dangerous when …
Read More »Highest court refuses to hear appeal from B.C. churches opposed to COVID-19 ruling
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted August 10, 2023 11:00 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Supreme Court of Canada has refused to hear an appeal from three British Columbia churches that argued their constitutional rights were violated when provincial restrictions banned indoor religious services at …
Read More »3 Alberta siblings with rare, terminal disorder finally have hope for a treatment
A family from Evansburg, Alta., with three children who have been diagnosed with the rare and fatal Batten disease has been given a new kind of hope due to an older medication. Members of the Lamprecht family said they were told the chances of three of their four children having …
Read More »‘They were supposed to be dead’: Calgary explosion victims require more surgery – Calgary
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A prayer of thanks planned for 10 men injured in a massive house explosion in late March has been delayed after three survivors met setbacks in their recovery. A month ago, all of those injured were out of hospital, prompting members of …
Read More »‘Poison in every puff’: Canada becomes 1st country to have individual cigarette warnings – National
“Poison in every puff.” Those words and others will eventually appear on every individual cigarette in Canada given that as of Tuesday, a new set of Health Canada regulations requiring warning labels on individual cigarettes comes into effect. By doing so, Canada becomes the first country in the world with …
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