The three-year pilot project, which allowed people to be in possession of small amounts of illicit drugs, began on Jan. 31, 2023, and will expire at the end of this month.
New Brunswick’s health minister is eyeing an Ontario pilot project aimed at decreasing wait times by allowing some non-urgent ER patients to wait comfortably at home and receive a text message when it was the best time to head to the emergency department.
A new Alberta government pilot project is hoping to address a common challenge facing citizens accessing health care in a city that straddles two provinces.
The emergency call bell system in Chelsey Park Long Term Care's independent living building has been disconnected since October 2025, leaving residents without a way to get help quickly. In a memo to residents, the care home recommended people buy their own cell phones or personal alarm systems instead.
Quebec is projected to surpass 600 drug overdose deaths for a second consecutive year and experts are repeating calls for the province to do more to curb this trend.
Most of us abandon New Year's resolutions within four months. But experts say it doesn’t have to be that way — and if you want to make your good intentions stick, there are ways to use science to work in your favour.
Alberta's chief medical officer of health says while it's far from over, the province appears to be through the worst of a bad flu season.
To give Canadians a boost in vitamin D, Health Canada now has requirements in place for milk and margarine producers.
A family from Kitchener, Ont., wants to find and say thank you to a Good Samaritan who gave their loved one CPR, extending his life until paramedics arrived on the scene, transported him to hospital and gave his family a chance to say one last goodbye.
Many people are starting 2026 by taking part in Dry January, swearing off alcohol for the first month of the year. But new research from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) is raising concerns about how much Canadians are drinking.
No Name brand frozen beef burgers that were sold across the country are being recalled due to a risk of E. coli contamination.
Proceedings got underway in B.C. Supreme Court Monday in a case that will determine whether faith-based health care organizations can continue to prohibit medical assistance in dying (MAID) within their facilities.
Becky Hamber has testified for the first time at the weeks-long murder trial that has already seen co-accused Brandy Cooney take the witness box. Hamber told Milton, Ont., court Monday that she struggled to care for the 12-year-old boy who died and his brother who were in their care, but she wanted the best for them.
Becky Hamber has testified for the first time at the weeks-long murder trial that has already seen co-accused Brandy Cooney take the witness box. Hamber told Milton, Ont., court Monday that she struggled to care for the 12-year-old boy who died and his brother who were in their care, but she wanted the best for them.
A trial set to begin Monday in British Columbia's Supreme Court questions whether publicly funded faith-based hospitals should be allowed to prevent patients from receiving medical assistance in dying in their facilities.
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