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A Radio-Canada investigation revealed the CAQ government paid an American consulting firm $35,000 a day for advice on how to manage its response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The emergency department at Western Hospital in Alberton will be closed Friday, due to a temporary lack of staff.

During Eastern Health's annual general meeting, a member of the public confronted the regional health authority's CEO about problems in emergency rooms. The health authority insists it's doing all it can to improve staffing and reduce emergency room closures.

Alberta's COVID-19 hospitalizations are spiking and experts say the big question now is how high the fall surge will go.

Canada's former chief medical health inspector of what was then called the Indian Affairs department, Dr. Peter Bryce, is being honoured with a plaque for exposing the mistreatment of children in residential schools.

A pharmaceutical company that jacked up the price of one of its medications — after changing its coating — is charging too much and must cut the price, says Canada's drug price agency.

A teenaged girl's agonizing wait to have her perforated appendix removed highlights the crisis that's unfolding in Alberta hospitals and putting patient safety at risk, front-line health-care providers are warning.

Quebec government representatives say discussions will occur about improving the province's mandatory Indigenous awareness training that was deployed to health-care workers following the death of Joyce Echaquan.

Retired obstetrician and gynecologist Dr. Chris Hoskins, 74, died in early September during a hike near Canmore, Alta. His death has sparked an outpouring of admiration and memories from friends, family, former colleagues and patients.

Three Ottawa women say they were left traumatized after giving birth in hospitals across Canada, where child welfare authorities threatened to, or actually took their newborns away without explanation. Today, they say they are victims of birth alerts but the path to answers isn't easy.

An immunocompromised man in Thunder Bay, Ont., who feared the consequences of relaxed public health measures died last month at age 51 after testing positive for COVID-19.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has appointed a high-profile surgeon and the former head of Canada’s public service to the Senate.

The risk of potential serious public health impact from the outbreak within Uganda is considered high, WHO says.

Health Canada has distributed enough of the antiviral Paxlovid to treat more than 700,000 people with COVID-19, yet the provinces have given only a fraction of that medication to patients. 

The federal government is dropping all COVID-19 measures at borders, meaning travellers will no longer need to provide proof of vaccination when entering Canada or wear masks on planes and trains, Ottawa announced today.

Quebec health-care professionals say the compulsory training developed following Joyce Echaquan's death does little to combat racism, prejudices or harmful misconceptions in the province's health-care system.

All adults in Ontario can now book an appointment to receive an Omicron-targeted COVID-19 vaccine as of today.

A Vancouver mother has filed a regulatory complaint against the Vancouver School Board, asking for a professional engineer’s assurance that her children are protected against COVID-19.

Swamped during the pandemic, an emergency-room doctor sums up his workplace this way: “challenging, understaffed and too small." What must the next government do to improve patient care?

Narrow beauty standards can have serious impacts on body image for LGBTQ people, who already face higher rates of eating disorders and other mental illnesses. Further fuelling fears of not being accepted over their identity or orientation, some people can go to dangerous lengths to look a certain way.

A clinical trial done by the makers of a blood test that can detect cancer signals say their test found 36 cancers during a recent clinical trial. But Canadian experts say the test needs to be reviewed independently before it is used more widely.

Dr. Christopher Applewhaite practices on Salt Spring Island, B.C., where, he says, half of the residents are without a family doctor. A growing workload and low pay have him regularly reconsidering his career in the province, he told Dr. Brian Goldman.

Alberta may be seeing the early signs of a predicted fall COVID-19 upswing, but experts say it's too early to say just how bad it will get.

As climate change raises temperatures and increases the impact of natural disasters around the world, some doctors are trying to find ways to tackle the distress impending environmental doom is wracking on people's mental and physical health. 

Several of the parties running in the Quebec election say getting everyone a family doctor isn't a realistic goal. If that's the case, what is the alternative? We asked doctors to weigh in.

The federal government has decided to drop the vaccination requirement for people entering Canada, end random COVID-19 testing at airports and make the use of the ArriveCan app optional by the end of this month, a senior government source told CBC News.

The federal government has launched a review of the Cannabis Act to determine whether the legislation governing the legalization of marijuana is meeting Canadians' needs and expectations.

Shots for the youngest age group have been available for two months, but only about six per cent of those kids have had their first dose.

Brigitte Cleroux's latest fraud fell apart on Aug. 11, 2021, when a nurse at an Ottawa medical clinic decided she couldn't take any more of her unprofessional behaviour. She has amassed at least 67 criminal convictions as an adult, while leaving a trail of troubled patients and victims behind her.

The new president of the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) said Wednesday he fears the country's fragile health-care system will deteriorate further without an injection of cash — and a plan to increase the number of doctors and other health care professionals.

Manitoba's chief provincial public health officer will give a COVID-19 vaccine update on Wednesday for the first time since he spoke in July and three weeks after deputy chief Dr. Jazz Atwal said "it's OK to get infected."

Nova Scotians who are 18 and older can now schedule an appointment to get the Moderna bivalent COVID-19 vaccine. 

The federal government’s pandemic border measures — including random testing for vaccinated travellers — could be coming to an end soon. It still might not be soon enough for many travellers and tourism operators.

Some of Quebec’s political parties are floating the idea of bolstering the health-care system with more private options. Experts question the logic.

The federal government is leaning toward dropping the vaccine requirement for people entering Canada — ending random COVID-19 testing at airports — and making the use of the ArriveCan app optional by the end of this month, a senior government source told CBC News.

B.C. says it 'looks forward to further discussions about additional actions to increase plasma sufficiency' in reaction to a deal struck between Canadian Blood Services and an international for-profit plasma provider. Being paid to donate blood or plasma in the province is prohibited.

The federal government has introduced legislation to enact its recently announced cost-of-living plan by offering some Canadians help with dental care for children and one-time boosts to the housing benefit and the GST tax credit.

A group of MPs and border-city mayors is calling on the Canadian and U.S. governments to lift COVID-19 restrictions at the border.

An outbreak of Ebola has been declared in Uganda after health authorities confirmed a case of the relatively rare Sudan strain following the death of a 24-year-old man who showed symptoms.

In an alarming assessment, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has told world leaders that nations are "gridlocked in colossal global dysfunction" and aren't ready or willing to tackle the major challenges that threaten the future of humanity.

A third-party report has found Ottawa Public Health (OPH) showed leadership throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, but that future crises will require it to remain vigilant.

The co-ordinator for the Centre for Students with Disabilities at the University of Ottawa says she's working with at least 81 other students trying to find professors who will accommodate online learning because they can't safely return to campus.

New Brunswickers should prepare themselves for a potentially worse flu season this fall, health officials advise.

COVID-19 viral loads are rising once again in the wastewater of several Saskatchewan cities, according to the most recent data from the Global Institute for Water Security.

Just how dire is the situation in Ontario hospitals? Premier Doug Ford's government is willing face the almost inevitable public blowback from sending seniors up to 150 kilometres away for long-term care, all to free up a few hundred hospital beds.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has issued a recall for Viana-brand Veggie Cevapcici because it contains almond which is not listed on the label.

For more than two years, research teams across the country — and around the world — have been using human waste to monitor rising and falling SARS-CoV-2 levels. The same sewage surveillance systems can track pathogens from polio to monkeypox. So what's the future of wastewater testing?

Patients, home care providers and medical experts who spoke with White Coat, Black Art all agree that a rethink to home care is needed in Canada. Denmark and The Netherlands could provide a possible model for care at home with more help and less red tape, experts say.

People who want to give blood in Prince George, B.C., are frustrated they have to travel hundreds of kilometres to the Okanagan, the Lower Mainland or Vancouver Island if they want to donate.

Dr. Kieran Moore says the province peaked in total number of active cases the week of July 15, when roughly 16 to 18 cases a day were being identified through PCR testing, while now that is down to only about one a day.