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Hugh Jackman, Laura Dern address teen mental health in The Son

Stars Hugh Jackman and Laura Dern sat down with CBC News during the Toronto International Film Festival to discuss their…

2 years ago

Federal leaders trade barbs on immigration, health care and inflation

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh are trading barbs over issues such as…

2 years ago

Ontario hopes to speed process for health-care workers moving to province

Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced Thursday that his government is proposing legislation that will allow health-care workers from other provinces…

2 years ago

Ottawa 'confident' there will soon be a deal on health-care funding

Federal Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos said Friday there's been a breakthrough in ongoing federal-provincial talks on the future of health-care…

2 years ago

Young mother's death underscores Nova Scotia's health-care crisis

There were 558 emergency room deaths in Nova Scotia in 2022 — a six-year high. This includes a young mother…

2 years ago

Provincial, territorial, federal health ministers to discuss health-care crisis

Health ministers from across the country are set to meet in Vancouver to discuss Canada's health-care crisis. #healthcare #health #canada…

2 years ago

Would you pay for faster health care? | Quick Question

Could more privatization help or hurt Canada’s health-care system? We ask Canadians if they would be willing to pay more…

2 years ago

CBC News: The National | Ontario education strike, Twitter upheaval, Health-care privatization

Nov. 4, 2022 | Ontario education workers strike in defiance of a new law that makes it illegal. Elon Musk…

2 years ago

Ministers meet with feds over health-care funding

Provincial ministers met in-person on Monday to demand more federal health-care cash. Saskatchewan's Minister of Mental Health and Addictions, Everett…

2 years ago

Lancet report calls climate change a huge threat to human health

An alarming new report in the medical journal The Lancet calls climate change the greatest global threat to human health…

2 years ago

The Waiting Game: Investigating Canada’s health-care system

As escalating wait times for “elective” surgery cause Canadians undue pain and suffering, Marketplace investigates solutions, including new funding models…

2 years ago

B.C. NDP leadership hopeful Anjali Appadurai releases health-care platform

Anjali Appadurai is competing against David Eby who has stepped away from his role as attorney general to take part…

2 years ago

Pfizer's bivalent vaccine for Omicron variant approved by Health Canada

The updated version of the Pfizer-BioNTech Comirnaty COVID-19 vaccine targeting the Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants was approved by Health…

2 years ago

Could magic mushrooms be the future of mental health treatment?

A handful of Canadians have legally used magic mushrooms, or psilocybin, to treat mental health disorders such as anxiety and…

2 years ago

Canadians less satisfied with health-care access than Americans: poll

A cross-border survey of Canadians and Americans found Americans polled were twice as likely to report "comfortable" access to the…

2 years ago

Vaccine for Omicron variant approved by Health Canada

Health Canada has approved a new bivalent COVID-19 vaccine from Moderna, which targets the Omicron variant. It's the first vaccine…

2 years ago

Indigenous doctors say emails by Alberta Health Services manager are racist

Two Indigenous doctors say Alberta Health Services dismissed their concerns about a manager who sent racist and inappropriate emails to…

2 years ago

The debate to keep virtual health care post-pandemic

Provinces and territories across Canada were forced to adopt virtual health care during the COVID-19 pandemic. While some patients want…

3 years ago

Canadians’ mental health suffered during COVID-19 pandemic, survey finds

A new survey reveals more than half of Canadians feel their mental health has gotten worse two years into the…

3 years ago

Indicators suggest virus infections have peaked nationally: health officials

Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos and top public health officials update Canadians on the latest in the fight against COVID-19. They…

3 years ago

Health-care workers tired of the 'burden of the virus,' doctor says

Though he is not tired of caring for patients, critical care physician Dr. Del Dorscheid says he and his colleagues…

3 years ago

Health-care systems could be overwhelmed with COVID-19 cases in January, expert says

Epidemiologist Dr. Christopher Labos talks about the rapid spread of Omicron and how a surge in COVID-19 cases could burden…

3 years ago

Some Quebec health workers with COVID-19 allowed to continue working

Quebec is allowing some health workers infected with COVID-19 to remain at work, in an effort to reduce health-care staff…

3 years ago

Quebec to allow some health-care staff who tested positive for COVID-19 to continue working

Due to the increasing strain on Quebec's health-care system, Health Minister Christian Dubé announced that health-care workers, under certain circumstances,…

3 years ago