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An outbreak of E. coli that’s sickened hundreds has shone a much-needed spotlight on food safety at daycares, experts said as Alberta Premier Danielle Smith pledged to consider further regulations in shared kitchens. There have been 337 lab-confirmed cases of the bacterial infection in the Calgary outbreak, and though an …
Read More »Do you know your HIV status? You can now test yourself at home
Knowing your HIV status just got easier with the launch of the free HIV self-test kit. The kit is distributed through Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange (CATIE ), Canada’s source for HIV and hepatitis C information. According to CATIE executive director Jody Jollimore, the organization is part of a national …
Read More »‘Lead with culture’: Indigenous youth share how they learn from doing so
What does it mean to lead with culture? It’s something both Ferrada Lightning, a 26-year-old from Maskwacis, Alta. and Megan Metz a 24-year-old from Kitimat, B.C. do every day. “When we come back to culture, we come back to reconnecting with our ancestors wisdom, their strength and the connection of …
Read More »Fire forces sex worker organization Maggie’s Toronto to temporarily close
A safe haven for some of the city’s most vulnerable…has gone up in smoke. Just last Spring, Maggie’s Toronto, the nation’s oldest sex worker justice organization, moved in and renovated a downtown space on the second and third floors of the Church of the Holy Trinity campus near Yonge and …
Read More »Traveling vision clinic bringing sight to rural Manitoba – Winnipeg
Raine Andrews remembers the day she put on her first pair of glasses. “I was outside, and I was like, ‘Whoa, trees have individual leaves?!’” As an optometrist assistant with the Mobile Vision Care Clinic (MVCC), Andrews and her colleagues set up vision clinics in Manitoba schools. Working in predominantly …
Read More »Ontario drug, alcohol overdose deaths almost doubled during pandemic, researchers say
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted September 14, 2023 6:28 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size TORONTO — A new report says the number of accidental drug and alcohol deaths almost doubled in Ontario during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Ontario Drug Policy Research Network and Public Health …
Read More »Manitoba’s election campaign will focus on the economy and health care Thursday – Winnipeg
By The Staff The Canadian Press Posted September 14, 2023 8:30 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Manitoba election campaign is well into its second week, and the main issues continue to be the economy and health care. The Progressive Conservatives have scheduled two announcements Thursday related to …
Read More »Moderna’s updated COVID vaccine targeting XBB.1.5 approved in Canada – National
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Health Canada has given the green light to an eagerly anticipated fall COVID-19 booster shot in hopes of bolstering the nation’s defence against the virus as the fall season approaches. The health regulator on Tuesday approved the updated vaccine made by Moderna …
Read More »Leaders talk health care, home care and crime plans in Manitoba election campaign – Winnipeg
By The Staff The Canadian Press Posted September 11, 2023 9:07 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size Manitoba NDP Leader Wab Kinew pledged more money for homecare workers, while Progressive Conservative Leader Heather Stefanson capped off her tour of the province’s north as the provincial election campaign enters …
Read More »Some Ontario hospitals reinstating masking requirements
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted September 8, 2023 1:01 pm Descrease article font size Increase article font size Some eastern Ontario hospitals are bringing back mask requirements in patient-care areas as the respiratory virus season approaches. Kingston Health Sciences Centre says on its website that masking is now mandatory …
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