Health-care tourism hurting B.C.’s strained system: report
Just days before the kick-off to the FIFA World Cup, a new report is out with alarming new numbers showing […]
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Public risk low after four mumps cases linked to a Toronto office: health officials
Toronto health officials are investigating a mumps outbreak at a workplace in a downtown building and say the risk of
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Agreement between doctors, province signed, B.C. government says
The B.C. government and the association representing the province’s doctors have renewed a four-year agreement. Doctors of BC members voted
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Bélanger submits bill to ban energy drinks for those under 16
Health Minister Sonia Bélanger introduced a bill on Friday to ban energy drinks for those under 16. All parties in
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Parents of Quebec teen who died after energy drink clashed with meds optimistic about proposed youth ban
Quebec is considering a ban on the sale of energy drinks to children under 16, making it the first province
Progress and work still needed: Fraser Health’s Chief Medical Health Officer reflects on a decade of toxic drugs
April marked a decade since toxic drug poisonings were declared a public health emergency. Now, a new report from Chief
CMQ asks Santé Québec to withdraw polluting anesthetic gases
The issue has been stalled for some time, and to get things moving, the Collège des médecins du Québec (CMQ)
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MUHC and research institute launch innovation centre to speed up healthcare advances
The McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) and its Research Institute have launched the IMPACT Centre, a new initiative aimed at
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Invasive mosquitoes and brain-swelling virus detected in B.C.’s Sea-to-Sky region
Health officials in British Columbia say invasive mosquitoes and a virus that can cause brain swelling in humans have been
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Mission hospital’s emergency department closed overnight
The ER at Mission Memorial Hospital will be closed for one night on Sunday. Fraser Health says that the emergency
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