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WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government will spend $9.7 million to upgrade a handful of health-care facilities across the province.
The funding targets 13 specific projects surrounding building maintenance and safety.
By The Canadian Press
TORONTO – Shoppers Drug Mart has received Health Canada’s approval to be a licensed medical marijuana producer, opening the door for the pharmacy giant to dispense medical cannabis to patients.
This comes after Shoppers in October 2016 applied to Health Canada to become a licensed medical marijuana producer.
A social networking app, that was once synonymous with dating, wants to show Winnipeggers that it’s much more than a tool for finding romance.
Bumble boasts more than 36 million users, who now use it to network (Bumble Bizz) and find friends (Bumble BFF). And yes, you can still use it to find a date.
By The Canadian Press
WINNIPEG – A report commissioned by the Manitoba government is recommending the province reduce the nation’s highest number of kids in child welfare by focusing more on supporting troubled families than on taking away their children.
One of the recommendations from a committee appointed by the Progressive Conservative government last December, is to stop the birth-alert system, where social workers warn hospitals of expectant mothers who are considered at-risk. Newborns are seized in Manitoba on average, almost once a day.
By Sheryl Ubelacker, The Canadian Press
TORONTO – The majority of Canadians are concerned about the use of e-cigarettes among youth, with almost 90 per cent backing a ban of the vaping products for those under 18, a national survey suggests.
The survey by the Angus Reid Institute, released Tuesday, found that support for prohibiting vaping among minors crossed all age and gender demographics, among tobacco smokers and non-smokers alike.
WINNIPEG — A $2.5 million donation has been gifted to the St. Boniface Hospital Foundation and the Montreal Heart Institute Foundation.
The donation from the Molson Foundation will fund several major research projects on women’s cardiovascular health.
By Liam Casey, The Canadian Press
A Canadian pig with a huge social media following is out of pain, cancer-free and able to strut around her Ontario home with ease weeks after undergoing surgery.
Owner Steve Jenkins said Esther the Wonder Pig’s “bad year” is now behind her.
By The Canadian Press
WINNIPEG – Students and staff have been banned from using the sports field at a Winnipeg elementary school because of concerns about lead in the soil.
A 2007 study showed 19 samples taken at Weston School were above accepted lead levels.
