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Bonnie Henry backs B.C.'s COVID-19 school plan, rejects mask mandate as 'blunt tool'
VANCOUVER — British Columbia's provincial health officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry, is defending the province's back-to-school pandemic guidelines against calls from some parent and teacher groups for more stringent COVID-19 protocols.
Aug 26, 2022 4:48 PM
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Kashechewan First Nation health system only treating emergencies amid nurse shortage
A remote First Nation in northern Ontario is limiting health services to emergencies only due to a lack of nurses in what the community's health director is calling a dire situation for residents' and nurses' well-being.
Aug 26, 2022 4:31 PM
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Baby B.C. boy gets naloxone and survives overdose on first birthday, police say
KELOWNA, B.C. — Police say a baby boy in Kelowna, B.C., has survived a suspected drug overdose on his first birthday after an officer administered naloxone. RCMP Const.
Aug 26, 2022 3:37 PM
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Ontario's science table says province plans to create smaller group of advisers
TORONTO — Public Health Ontario is planning to replace Ontario's COVID-19 Science Advisory Table with a new, smaller group that will be more constrained, according to a science table memo obtained by The Canadian Press.
Aug 26, 2022 2:18 PM
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Louisiana woman denied abortion wants 'vague' ban clarified
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A pregnant Louisiana woman who was denied an abortion — even though her fetus has a rare and fatal condition — demanded on Friday that Gov.
Aug 26, 2022 2:12 PM
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Labour shortage forces P.E.I. hospital to warn of reduced access to epidurals
CHARLOTTETOWN — A hospital in Prince Edward Island is warning patients that some epidural services may be unavailable until the end of next week. The province says in a news release that Prince County Hospital in Summerside, P.E.I.
Aug 26, 2022 1:29 PM
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Nunavut expands COVID-19 vaccine to all children aged six months to four years
NUNAVUT — The Nunavut government says it is expanding eligibility for COVID-19 vaccines to all children aged six months to four years. Health Canada authorized the use of Moderna's Spikevax vaccine for babies and young children in July.
Aug 26, 2022 1:10 PM
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B.C. cannabis stores close, lay off staff as job action prevents pot deliveries
Some of British Columbia's cannabis stores say they're shutting their doors and laying off staff after a labour dispute in the public sector has stopped the province's pot distribution centre from shipping product since early last week.
Aug 26, 2022 1:08 PM
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EPA to designate 'forever chemicals' as hazardous substances
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency moved Friday to designate two “forever chemicals” used in cookware, carpets and firefighting foams as hazardous substances, a step that would clear the way for quicker cleanup of the toxic compoun
Aug 26, 2022 12:57 PM
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US data reveals racial gaps in monkeypox vaccinations
The Biden administration said Friday there's enough monkeypox vaccine available now but health officials say the shots aren’t getting to some of the people who need the protection the most.
Aug 26, 2022 12:56 PM
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