VICTORIA - Two independent provincial officers in British Columbia have separately criticized a recent decision to release guidelines aimed at increasing involuntary care among youth.

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Dr. Mehmet Oz, the administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), is offering “strategies” for federal employees to have a healthy holiday season, and advising employees to st...

Hundreds of health professionals are sounding the alarm that Canada has never undertaken an independent health impact assessment of LNG infrastructure, as British Columbia and Canada forge ahead with ...

Irish visitors to the US will be required to disclose their social media histories from the last five years before entering the country, according to plans published by the Trump administration.

Amnesty International visited “Alligator Alcatraz” and Krome detention centers to document human rights violations.

Seattle high school student Akash Shendure created a website to estimate the emissions from private jets.

At a time when the UK and other countries are finally taking bold steps for climate, Canada is preparing a new oil pipeline

Raw log exports, capital flight and shuttered mills signal the fall of BC’s forestry sector.

The politics of the Mental Health Act amendments in Bill 32 reflect a trend of the BC NDP circumventing court rulings under Premier Eby’s leadership.

WHAT IS KNOWN ON THE SUBJECT?: Involuntary treatment orders are increasingly being used around the world to allow the treatment of individuals living with a mental illness deemed incapable of giving consent and who are actively refusing treatment. The use of involuntary treatment orders can impact t …

The case’s outcome could affect the founders’ criminal charges, and Canadian drug laws. A Tyee explainer.

A coalition of advocates gathered Monday to protest the B.C. NDP’s involuntary treatment expansion. New legislation to strengthen involuntary care will be put forward at the legislature this week. As ...

Proposals to expand so-called “involuntary treatment” for substance use disorders is not a health intervention, it is a political response to fear, misinformation, and moral panic.

In response to a new MOU between the federal and Alberta governments that proposes to expand fossil fuel infrastructure and roll-back climate commitments, Dr. Samantha Green, President of the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment, said: As physicians, we are deeply alarmed to see this thorough gutting of Canada’s climate commitments. The Federal-Alberta agreement includes an explicit commitment to expand fossil fuel production—the leading cause of climate change. It delays, w...

The federal government’s closed-door pipeline negotiations with the Premier of Alberta do not serve the people of B.C., First Nations or Canada.

At best, Mark Carney capitulated to Danielle Smith's backward view of the future. At worst, the Prime Minister shares that view

A co-founder of Vancouver's Drug User Liberation Front said he was surprised by Health Canada's lack of "urgency" about the deadly toxic drug crisis, and the absence of a pharmaceutical-grade supplier...

The details of the decade-long, fractious debate over the Northern Gateway pipeline may have faded in memory, but that fight takes on a renewed relevance today, as Ottawa and Alberta come together wit...