Tag Archives: Health

3 children died from flu complications this month in Ottawa area: health units
Ottawa's top doctor says the death of three children in the region over the past two weeks from influenza-related complications is unusual and could signify a difficult flu season ahead. Ottawa and Ea...
Dec 15, 2025

There's a happiness gap between young people in Quebec and in the rest of Canada
MONTREAL - Joshua Bujold, an upbeat psychology student in his first semester at Montreal's Dawson College, was taken aback to find out that happiness among young Canadians has plunged. Outside Quebec,...
Dec 15, 2025

Canadian Blood Services reducing reliance on U.S. for life-changing plasma drugs
TORONTO - For years, Stphane Cliche was a healthy avid athlete, but he kept getting sinus and respiratory infections and doctors couldn't figure out why. It wasn't until he was diagnosed with non-Hodg...
Dec 15, 2025

Young Canadians tell of their generations' challenges and hopes
The Canadian Press has been speaking with young people across the country about challenges facing their generation - and ways they continue to find joy. 'YOU'RE HUMAN AND YOU FEEL THINGS' Violet Rode,...
Dec 15, 2025

How did Canada's young people become its unhappiest generation?
VANCOUVER - As a teen growing up in Toronto, Bhavik Sharma imagined what life would look like at 25. He and his high school friends would be starting families. They'd be on six-figure salaries and liv...
Dec 15, 2025

Exploding nitrous oxide canisters no laughing matter for garbage collection
VANCOUVER - Canisters of nitrous oxide, also known as laughing gas, sold under the guise of whip cream chargers are increasingly showing up at Metro Vancouver waste facilities, and they're causing dan...
Dec 12, 2025

Senate rejects extension of health care subsidies as costs are set to rise for millions of Americans
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate on Thursday rejected legislation to extend Affordable Care Act tax credits, essentially guaranteeing that millions of Americans will see a steep rise in costs at the begin...
Dec 11, 2025

Number of people starting ADHD meds is up 157% in Ontario: study
TORONTO - Researchers say there's been a dramatic rise in the number of people going on medications to treat attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder in Ontario, suggesting factors such as more time s...
Dec 11, 2025

Quebec government reaches agreement in principle with family doctors
QUBEC - The Quebec government announced Thursday that it has reached an agreement in principle with its family doctors, agreeing to delay and amend contentious legislation designed to impose a new rem...
Dec 11, 2025

Former chief coroner describes years of calls for changes to help toxic drug crisis
VANCOUVER - The former chief coroner for British Columbia says the provincial government didn't seem influenced by evidence or expert advice on how to prevent overdoses after it ignored multiple recom...
Dec 10, 2025