The unregulated toxic drug supply has had a disproportionate impact on rural communities across Canada, yet most health and social interventions targe…

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We examined associations between drug poisoning deaths and EMS and SCS data to assess if these measures could serve as reliable proxies for fatalities to support evidence-based public health responses...

PICTOU, NS — Patients requiring life-saving dialysis treatments in Pictou County can now receive care closer to home with the opening of the expanded renal dialysis unit at Sutherland Harris Memorial ...

The cruel irony of death in the digital age is that there’s the data that haunts us—and the data the companies don’t want to give us.

Our minds evolved to minimise unpredictability. But if we learn to live with doubt, a world of opportunities opens up

A new report reveals how caregivers of people who use drugs are filling critical gaps in rural Alberta’s health care system.

A Poem Written By A Frontline Harm Reduction Advocate For Those in Active Addiction and Those We’ve Lost.

The Ontario government says it will end funding to at least three provincially funded drug consumption sites in the province, including two in Toronto, in a move that is drawing concern from advocates...

by Sarah Auger, Petra Schulz and Angela Welz

People heard on the news about the woman found dead in a tent in Halifax, N.S. Her family wants them to know about her life.

You Are Not Alone: Help Is Available Today our province is grieving after the horrific shooting in Tumbler Ridge. Reports indicate multiple deaths and many injuries, with families, students, staff, fi...

A First Nation in Nova Scotia says it is declaring a state of emergency over what its chief and council are calling an escalating crisis of addiction and illicit drugs in the community.

As Trump-deployed agents pervade the region, students struggle to carry on with lessons while carrying grief and fear that they or their loved ones will be taken

On Christmas Day, Mandy Wood died. Wood was a beloved radio host based in Truro. She was also a woman failed—systematically and repeatedly—by Nova Scotia’s healthcare system. Mandy died from a rare fo...

Jessica Ng and Min Dhariwal will catch you up with everything that happened during the day --- we'll explore the city with fresh eyes and have fun doing it. If you want to be entertained and informed ...

After a week of rancorous debate, Klein announced he would not invoke the notwithstanding clause on the landmark gay rights decision...

There's been 12 tuberculosis cases in 2025 linked to Edmonton's inner city and homeless population, which Alberta health officials say is a significant increase over past years.

Canada 2025, 61min, Dir: Robert Colbourne 14A    A toxic drug supply is fuelling an overdose crisis that has claimed over 52,500 Canadian lives since 2016 and nearly 55,000 U.S. deaths in 2024 alone. ...

Still under 40, many are responsible for aging parents while raising kids and managing debt

Join us for this community-wide screening of the award-winning film Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy. Don't miss this...

A sprawling forest encampment has brought jurisdictional concerns, community tensions, and discussions surrounding potential solutions to the forefront in the rural community of Drayton Valley, Alta.

Alberta is the involuntary treatment capital of Canada. Since 2006, the province has encouraged parents to waive their children's rights and force them into detox as part of the Protection of Children...

The disturbing cuts to women’s health research in the U.S. will threaten global innovation and care for decades. Canada has a chance to lead.

Universities have faced varying crises over the decades, but the recent showdown initiated by the Trump administration is an unprecedented inflection point

Police are searching for two children aged 6 and 4 believed to have wandered away

First Nations people are still dying at 6.7 times the rate of non-Indigenous people in BC, the FNHA says.

Holly Mathias is a doctoral candidate, 2023 Pierre Elliott Trudeau Scholar and Killam Laureate in the School of Public Health at the University of Alberta

U.S. President Donald Trump has made stopping fentanyl at both the northern and southern borders one of his administration's top priorities, but American law enforcement data shows that another commod...