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Chile hospital integrates Native medicine, birth to death

Chile hospital integrates Native medicine, birth to death

OSORNO, Chile (AP) — In labor with her first child last month, Lucia Hernández Rumian danced around her hospital room while her husband played the kultrun, a ritual drum.
Bonnie Henry backs B.C.'s COVID-19 school plan, rejects mask mandate as 'blunt tool'

Bonnie Henry backs B.C.'s COVID-19 school plan, rejects mask mandate as 'blunt tool'

VANCOUVER — British Columbia's provincial health officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry, is defending the province's back-to-school pandemic guidelines against calls from some parent and teacher groups for more stringent COVID-19 protocols.
Paramedic helps mom deliver baby in parking lot at Royal Columbian Hospital

Paramedic helps mom deliver baby in parking lot at Royal Columbian Hospital

“Instead of calling a time of death, I called a time of life, which I thought was a pretty unique experience.”

Kashechewan First Nation health system only treating emergencies amid nurse shortage

A remote First Nation in northern Ontario is limiting health services to emergencies only due to a lack of nurses in what the community's health director is calling a dire situation for residents' and nurses' well-being.
Five different ways to perk up your fitness routine in New West

Five different ways to perk up your fitness routine in New West

What's the best way to shed those extra calories? Explore unique fitness options in New Westminster that are not a leisurely walk or a group run.
Baby B.C. boy gets naloxone and survives overdose on first birthday, police say

Baby B.C. boy gets naloxone and survives overdose on first birthday, police say

KELOWNA, B.C. — Police say a baby boy in Kelowna, B.C., has survived a suspected drug overdose on his first birthday after an officer administered naloxone. RCMP Const.
Ontario's science table says province plans to create smaller group of advisers

Ontario's science table says province plans to create smaller group of advisers

TORONTO — Public Health Ontario is planning to replace Ontario's COVID-19 Science Advisory Table with a new, smaller group that will be more constrained, according to a science table memo obtained by The Canadian Press.
Louisiana woman denied abortion wants 'vague' ban clarified

Louisiana woman denied abortion wants 'vague' ban clarified

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A pregnant Louisiana woman who was denied an abortion — even though her fetus has a rare and fatal condition — demanded on Friday that Gov.
Labour shortage forces P.E.I. hospital to warn of reduced access to epidurals

Labour shortage forces P.E.I. hospital to warn of reduced access to epidurals

CHARLOTTETOWN — A hospital in Prince Edward Island is warning patients that some epidural services may be unavailable until the end of next week. The province says in a news release that Prince County Hospital in Summerside, P.E.I.

Nunavut expands COVID-19 vaccine to all children aged six months to four years

NUNAVUT — The Nunavut government says it is expanding eligibility for COVID-19 vaccines to all children aged six months to four years. Health Canada authorized the use of Moderna's Spikevax vaccine for babies and young children in July.
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