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Nuu-Chah-Nulth Tribal Council (NTC) has declared a state of emergency for all 14 First Nations on Vancouver Island it represents due to the mental health and opioid crisis. At a news conference in Port Alberni, B.C., Thursday, NTC president Judith Sayers, a member of Hupacasath First Nation, called on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to come to the…
A new extended-hours primary care clinic has opened in Winnipeg. The clinic, located at Access Winnipeg West at the Grace General Hospital, opened Wednesday. It will operate from 5:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. on weekdays, and from 1:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. on weekends, the province said in a news release. It will also be open…
Salvatore “Totò” Schillaci, the Italy striker who was top scorer at the 1990 World Cup that his country hosted and epitomized a player exceeding expectations on soccer’s biggest stage, has died. He was 59. Schillaci had been hospitalized in Palermo following treatment for colon cancer. The Palermo Civico hospital said in a statement that Schillacci died…
Faith leaders are calling on Ontario Premier Doug Ford to reverse course on his decision to close 10 supervised consumption sites across the province. A number of religious organizations came to Queen’s Park on Tuesday and said they were hopeful they could reach Ford’s “humanity.” Last month, Health Minister Sylvia Jones outlined a fundamental shift…
Shirley Lucas, CEO of the Alzheimer Society of Newfoundland and Labrador, and Health Minister John Hogan spoke at a news conference Monday about the launch of a new website with resources for people with dementia and their caretakers. (Arlette Lazarenko/CBC) The Newfoundland and Labrador government has a new campaign and website focused on supporting dementia…
Ontario is proposing to further expand pharmacists’ scope of practice by adding to the list of minor ailments they can assess, allowing them to administer more vaccines and order some lab tests. But while pharmacists see the proposal as an overdue solution to easing the burden on other aspects of the health-care system by leaning…
The B.C. government has announced it will expand involuntary care for those with mental health and addictions issues, and will open “highly secure” facilities to house people detained under the Mental Health Act throughout the province. Premier David Eby announced Sunday that the government would open mental health units at correctional facilities throughout the province,…
Police maintained a cordon Sunday around the Kingston encampment where two people were killed and a third critically injured three days earlier, as local advocates called for the encampment’s residents to be allowed to access their belongings. Some residents of the encampment were sleeping on the ground outside the police barricade, community volunteer Michelle Schwarz told…
Victoria’s police chief is calling for change after officers recently had to wait seven hours at Royal Jubilee Hospital for a patient apprehended under the Mental Health Act to be transferred to health-care workers. At a news conference Friday, Chief Del Manak said wait times have been an ongoing issue that’s “trending in the wrong…
British Columbia has become the first province in Canada to sign a pharmacare agreement with the federal government that would help the province fund hormone replacement therapy and diabetes expenses. Federal Health Minister Mark Holland said B.C.’s portion of the $1.5-billion national plan is estimated to be $195 million, and under the memorandum of understanding, funding could begin by April once the legislation makes…
