With 2023 ending, a new poll suggests Canadian parents are growing more fearful about what lies ahead, as life becomes less affordable. Their main sources of anxiety revolve around the housing crisis and trying to put food on the table, the results suggest. An Ipsos poll commissioned by the charity Save the Children interviewed 1,000 … Read more
Six people have now died in a salmonella outbreak linked to Malichita and Rudy brand cantaloupes sold in at least nine provinces. The Public Health Agency of Canada is reporting one more death linked to the outbreak, and says 153 related cases have been confirmed, with more under investigation. The agency says there have been … Read more
An 11-year-old boy has died after he was hit by puck Tuesday during a minor league hockey practice north of Montreal. St-Eustache police confirmed the young player’s death in a news release Friday, just days after the incident occurred at a local arena. The boy was being treated in an intensive care unit in a … Read more
Palaeontologists at the Royal Tyrrell Museum in Alberta have discovered the dining preferences of a juvenile tyrannosaur: drumsticks. The discovery was made while a technician was cleaning up a fossil of a five- to seven-year-old Gorgosaurus libratus that was originally located in 2009. “While he was cleaning up the fossil, he noticed those little toe bones … Read more
As Liberals and New Democrats negotiate what a future national drug plan should look like, a new survey suggests pharmacare is not at the top of the priority list for most Canadians. The survey shows that when asked to name their top two health-care priorities, only 18 per cent of those surveyed said the government … Read more
Stargazers are getting ready to witness one of the “most active and reliable meteor showers” of the year light up the skies this week. The Geminid meteor shower is expected to peak on Thursday but could be visible starting Wednesday night. The annual spectacle brings a flurry of so-called “shooting stars” streaking through the skies, … Read more
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The World Health Organization has classified the COVID-19 variant JN.1 as a separate variant of interest from the parent lineage BA.2.86 due to its rapidly increasing spread. The WHO made the announcement Tuesday, saying that based on current evidence, the global health risk posed by JN.1 remains … Read more
Eating disorder hospitalizations among young men have jumped 416 per cent over 17 years in Ontario, a study released on Monday found. The study, published in Jama Network Open by Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children and the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES), found from 2002 to 2019, there was a disproportionate rise in pediatric … Read more
Alberta’s premier is laying the decision of rescinding a job offer to the embattled former chief medical officer of health at the feet of the man who was at the head of Alberta Health Services for one year. At an unrelated press conference on Monday morning, Smith didn’t directly address allegations that she directed AHS … Read more
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted December 19, 2023 7:38 am Updated December 19, 2023 1:22 pm Descrease article font size Increase article font size Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault will outline on Tuesday the details of his plan to eventually phase out the sale of gas-powered vehicles in Canada. The electric-vehicle sales mandate regulations will … Read more
