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Alberta Health Services is urging Albertans to protect themselves from pertussis after an increase in cases in Okotoks, Alta. and the Calgary Zone in recent months. According to provincial data, there’s a big difference in vaccination rates between rural and urban communities for whooping cough. Seventeen cases of pertussis, commonly …

Kids across the country are dealing with respiratory illnesses at numbers hospitals haven’t seen since before the COVID-19 pandemic, a new report says. The report, from the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) says in 2022, there were only 33 kids under four years of age who were hospitalized with …

By Nicole Ireland The Canadian Press Posted February 2, 2024 9:23 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size New research published today says people who are homeless have high rates of COVID-19 reinfection. The St. Michael’s Hospital study found homeless people in Toronto who had COVID-19 were …

The Canadian economy is now expected to avoid a recession, according to the Liberal government’s fall economic statement, but the path for interest rates and inflation could put that forecast at risk. Ottawa’s fall fiscal update released Tuesday included revisions to the government’s economic forecasts, sourced from surveys of private …

Eating disorders requiring hospital care increased “significantly” among children and teenagers in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new research. A study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) on Tuesday revealed that emergency department visits and hospitalizations for eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa …

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Saskatchewan residents could see their SaskEnergy bill go down by almost eight per cent heading into October. The province approved SaskEnergy’s commodity rate decrease of 24.5 per cent and said starting on Oct. 1, the rate adjustment will result in an overall …

Pressure from higher interest rates and a lack of affordable housing means renters living on minimum wage in almost every neighbourhood across Canada are falling behind, a new report shows. A Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) analysis released Tuesday evaluates housing markets in Canada by “rental wage” — the …

TORONTO — Opioid-related deaths among teens and young adults in Ontario tripled from 2014 to 2021, while drug treatment rates significantly decreased, a new report shows. Opioid deaths among those aged 15 to 24 surged during the first year of the pandemic to 169 deaths, up from 115 the year …

The Bank of Canada’s return to interest rate hikes will not be enough to fully tamp down an uptick in activity in the housing market, argues a new report from Desjardins. Signals from the Bank of Canada that its interest rate tightening cycle had possibly peaked in January gave way …

Signs of recovery in Canada’s housing market after a year-long slump, just as higher borrowing costs are expected to slow much of the rest of the economy, could raise inflation and delay a shift by the central bank to interest rate cuts, analysts said. The housing market’s upturn comes after …