SAINT-EUSTACHE, Qc — Emergency calls to 9-1-1 from four Nunavik villages are being answered by Saint-Eustache. This year-long pilot was announced Thursday by Ian Lafrenière, the minister responsible for relations with First Nations and Inuit. Minister Lafrenière was at Saint-Eustache

Health A western Canadian province announced on Tuesday that it will make prescription contraception free to all, a first in the country at a time when backsliding on women’s rights is mounting around the world. All health-insured people can get

Her arrival is now scheduled for Septembersays Lou Landry, director of media relations and spokesperson for the Gaspésie Integrated Health and Social Services Center (ZISS). It will remain a challenge, he admits, but it might be a bit easier to

Montreal Liberal MP and former Canadian foreign minister Marc Garneau announced on Wednesday during a meeting of the party’s caucus in Quebec that he is leaving politics. “I want to speak to my caucus first. I’ll have something to say

Canadian athletic coaches now have a resource to help them better support their athletes with mental health issues. • Also read: Humiliating initiations: when aimed at vulnerability • Also read: We need a Quebec model for sustainable health On Monday,

THE NEWSPAPER | Quebec is set to sign the federal health transfers agreement, though Premier François Legault’s demands are far from meeting reports The Canadian Press. A letter signed by the finance and health ministers and the minister responsible for

Many of us were very sad because we had really tried to prevent something like this from happening.says the emergency nurse at Winnipeg’s largest hospital. The difficult thing is that this patient died alone in a hallway. CBC/Radio-Canada has granted

Indigenous peoples face unique challenges when trying to get the health care they deserve, including shortages of GPs and nurses in rural and remote communities. The Canadian government is working with First Nations, Inuit and Métis partners across the country

A Canadian study suggests that it is possible to predict cancer patient survival by reading a document and without training separate models for each cancer type. Researchers at the University of British Columbia (Canada) have developed an artificial intelligence (AI)

Ms. LeBel, who is also Minister of Government Administration, is helping negotiate collective agreements for about 600,000 government employees that expire on March 31. The minister is looking for a winning combination in the government’s priority sectors, namely education and