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Architecture49 will provide architectural and engineering services for a medical countermeasures laboratory facility in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The lab will be co-located with the National Microbiology Laboratory and is intended to expand Canada's…
Currently, residents have to travel to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Charlottetown or Moncton to receive scans, but Health P.E.I. says Islanders will soon be able to have MRIs performed at a private clinic in Summerside with the cost covered by…
The federal government announced $700,000 over 5 years in renewed support for crisis hotline services in Newfoundland and Labrador for people affected by gender-based violence. The funding is intended to maintain timely, effective and trauma-…
Ontario lowered the colorectal cancer screening age from 50 to 45 as of July 1, and to 40 for people at increased risk. According to the Ottawa Hospital, the change will allow more than one million people in Ontario to access screening sooner. Dr…
New federal modelling from the Public Health Agency of Canada shows an estimated 2,517 new HIV infections in 2024, up 22.8% from 2,050 in 2022. New cases are increasingly appearing in smaller communities with inadequate healthcare access, raising…
Disability advocates are raising concerns that the Canada disability benefit uses two different definitions of disability: the law adopts the broader Accessible Canada Act definition, which includes temporary and episodic disabilities, but…
Santé Québec says Prescription Québec will continue after reaching an agreement with federally funded Canada Health Infoway, preserving electronic prescribing in settings already using the system and supporting further rollout in the province.…
More than 2,800 wildfire evacuees are staying in host communities across Ontario, with First Nations among the groups most affected.
Canada is introducing 13 new graphic warning labels on cigarette packages, including images tied to mouth cancer, heart disease, stroke, second-hand smoke and other tobacco-related harms. Health Canada said the warnings must appear on cigarette…
A family in Norman's Bay, Labrador, is seeking answers after 53-year-old Ovadius Morris died July 5 at the Charlottetown Community Clinic while waiting nearly two days for an emergency medevac to higher-level care. According to a family friend,…
Clients and providers in the Northwest Territories say a pause in renewals and new intakes for the Indian Residential Schools Resolution Health Support Program interrupted access to counselling for residential school survivors and their families…
The project was announced publicly through a Facebook Live stream and could be built at the former Labrador Christian Youth Camp site purchased by Sheshatshiu Innu First Nation in 2024. Chief Eugene Hart of Sheshatshiu Innu First Nation said…
New Brunswick Public Health is holding measles vaccination clinics at its office at 81 Albert St. in Moncton after one case was confirmed in the area on July 10. No new cases had been confirmed as of Friday, July 17, but the province is urging…
The New Brunswick government will spend $1.3 million in the first year on a Moncton-based mental health initiative that pairs a primary care team with psychiatrists. The team will include three nurse practitioners and one family physician with…
The strategy aims to drive productivity and innovation, improve food affordability and food system resilience and support independent grocers, while also providing $20 million to food banks and community food organisations through the Local Food…
A provincial report based on surveys from 57 New Brunswick nursing homes found that most want more staffing, along with modernized security systems and clearer protocols for residents with aggressive or complex behavioural conditions. The review…