Dr. Heidi Cramm elected as Canadian Academy of Health Sciences fellow
Dr. Heidi Cramm, Associate Dean, Research Programs and Professor, School of Rehabilitation Therapy in Queen’s Health Sciences (QHS), has been…
Category: Health
To Get Proper Health Care in Canada, You Have To Fight for It
I’ve always been a bleeder. My family has a long history of hemophilia, a hereditary disorder that limits one’s ability to clot.…
‘We have 500K more health care cards than we have people in Alberta’: Smith defends expiry date
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith confirmed that the province’s health cards now come with an expiry date. Saturday on her provincial…
Mario Canseco: One in five Canadians call for health-care changes, poll finds
In August 2020, as the country experienced the first few months of the COVID-19 pandemic, we asked Canadians about the…
Private company offers tourists faster access to P.E.I.’s health-care system
A private business on P.E.I. says it can provide international visitors to the province much faster access to some health-care…
Loss of confidence: Two-thirds believe Canada’s health care is ‘in a state of crisis’
A new national survey has found that 63 per cent of Canadians describe health care in their province as being…
Unauthorized drugs seized from Montreal store by Health Canada
A number of unauthorized drugs have been seized by Health Canada from a Montreal store. The federal agency says it seized a…
Surge in measles cases risks ‘horrific’ health consequences: immunologist
A worrying trend of rising measles cases in Canada is setting the stage for a host of very bad and…
Federal health minister voices concern as Alberta implements dual-practice health-care model
With Alberta’s dual-practice health-care model set to roll out in September, Canada’s health minister is speaking out about why the…
Terence Corcoran: Canada needs a new national health-care commission
Almost a quarter century ago the former head of RBC-Dominion Securities, Tony Fell, delivered a grim assessment of Canada’s national…