Canada’s new cancer figures reflect a mixed message: study
Cancer continues to be the biggest killer in Canada, but more people are surviving up to 25 years after being diagnosed, a new study has found. Cancer is the leading cause …
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Poilievre blasts budget, won’t commit to keeping new social programs like pharmacare
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre delivered an hour-long rebuttal to the Liberal government’s budget Thursday — a fiery speech that depicted the multi-billion dollar spending plan as a threat to the …
More than 1 in 4 deaths among young people in Canada were opioid-related in 2021, study finds
Opioid-related deaths doubled in Canada between 2019 and the end of 2021, with Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta experiencing a dramatic jump, mostly among men in their 20s and 30s, says …
Quadriplegic Quebec man chooses assisted dying after 4-day ER stay leaves horrific bedsore
On a Thursday in January, Normand Meunier arrived at the hospital in Saint-Jérôme, Que., with a respiratory virus. Weeks later, he would emerge with a severe bedsore that would eventually lead him …
Trump tries to unburden himself of abortion albatross
Abortion may be the biggest threat to Donald Trump’s political comeback. Like an albatross he personally helped set loose. Now he’s trying to wriggle from its clutches. The former president has …
‘Shovels in the ground’ for new Winnipeg ER within 2 years, Kinew promises as Manitoba NDP delivers 1st budget
Manitoba is facing a nearly $800-million deficit for the year ahead, as the first budget under the NDP government promises incremental progress on a number of election commitments, along with …
My trip to a Winnipeg hospital turned into a medical ‘gong show’
This First Person column is the experience of Winnipegger Jo Davies. For more information about CBC’s First Person stories, please see the FAQ. You know things are going off the rails with …
Woman says she had to wait for ER to open as husband had seizure
A Prince Rupert woman says emergency room closures plaguing the British Columbia port city forced her to make an “impossible” choice when her husband had a severe epileptic seizure early Monday …
Edmonton hospital patient had been hoping for a care home. He wound up at a hotel instead
An Edmonton family is frustrated and upset after a 62-year-old man who had been in hospital with care needs was sent to stay at a hotel. Blair Canniff had been a …
Massive new survey finds widespread frustration with access to primary health care
A Toronto-based research team met with and surveyed some 10,000 Canadians about the state of the health-care system — and what they found is deep dissatisfaction and frustration with primary …