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New Health Canada regulations that require warning labels on individual cigarettes are being met with praise by advocates and indifference by smokers. The regulations, which come into effect Tuesday, will give manufacturers nine months to put labels on their products and retailers three months after that to have all inventory …
Read More »Blue-green algae health warnings issued for 3 lakes in Nicola region – Okanagan
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Interior Health has issued a health warning for blue-green algae blooms on three lakes west of the Okanagan. The health advisory says blooms are present on Nicola, Douglas and Chapperon lakes, and that users face a risk of exposure to cyanobacterial toxin. …
Read More »Battlefords Union Hospital ICU closed for weeks, memo shows
Just weeks after a leaked document showed an ICU bed in Regina was closed, another document has revealed that the ICU at the Union Hospital in the Battlefords has been closed for weeks. The document outlines the intensive care unit was shut down on July 13 and will remain closed …
Read More »Shared Health clarifies 6 remain in hospital after deadly Manitoba bus crash – Winnipeg
By The Staff The Canadian Press Posted July 26, 2023 6:17 pm Descrease article font size Increase article font size Manitoba’s health co-ordinator says six people, not five, remain in hospital more than a month after a fiery bus crash that claimed the lives of 17 others. Shared Health says …
Read More »1st drug of its kind that could treat incurable eye diseases being tested
Researchers at the University of Waterloo are working on new synthetic drugs which may be the cure for degenerative eye diseases as well as similar issues in other parts of the body. A drug, developed by Sachdev Sidhu and his associates at Waterloo’s school of pharmacy, aims to treat patients …
Read More »Most kids with autism won’t get core therapy funding soon: Ontario ministry document
TORONTO — Most of the children in Ontario waiting for publicly funded core autism therapy will not receive it any time soon, the government says in an internal assessment obtained by The Canadian Press. Days into his new role this spring as Minister of Children, Community and Social Services, Michael …
Read More »Call inquiry into Canada’s COVID-19 response, medical journal urges – National
A new series published in the BMJ medical journal is calling for an independent inquiry into Canada’s COVID-19 response. Experts from 13 organizations across Canada, including doctors, nurses, researchers, law and humanitarian specialists, along with Jocalyn Clark, a Canadian who is the BMJ’s international editor, wrote the seven articles published …
Read More »Markham restaurant poisoning: How a potentially deadly spice crisis was averted – Toronto
A teaspoon of spice added to a chicken recipe at a restaurant just north of Toronto set off a chain reaction that rippled all the way to Canada’s West Coast and beyond. The chicken was prepared at Delight Restaurant & BBQ on Castlemore Avenue in Markham, Ont. It was served …
Read More »Middlesex-London health team says doctor recruitment program nixed by committee is needed – London
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 …
Read More »Manitoba recruiting, funding additional clinical psychologists – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The provincial government says it’s spending more than $1.2 million to fund 17 additional clinical psychologist positions in Manitoba. That’s on top of five previously-announced positions last year, all of which have been filled. Health minister Audrey Gordon and mental health and …
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