Unpublished Newswire
Family doctor Danielle Smith has treated dozens of patients with itchy, painful rashes at her B.C. practice, but the blotchy red dots she saw earlier this year puzzled her. The rash was concentrated on the patient’s face and spread out as it moved down the body, almost as if a red bucket of paint had been poured over the person’s head.Dr. Smith asked her colleague and fellow physician Karina Zeidler for help. The patient was asked a series of questions, including about their travel history. Blood work was ordered. A urine sample was collected. The person’s nose was swabbed.
May 18, 2025 - 20:31 | Kristy Kirkup | The Globe and Mail
The B.C. government does not know how many people are under involuntary mental-health supervision outside hospital settings at any given time, the province’s Ministry of Health acknowledges. That lack of tracking makes it impossible to know whether the teams responsible for caring for such people are properly resourced in a province with one of the worst ratios of mental health care professionals to patients in the country, critics say.
May 18, 2025 - 20:21 | Mike Hager, Kathryn Blaze Baum | The Globe and Mail
According to CN Rail, preliminary reports show the two trains sideswiped each other in a low-speed collision.
May 18, 2025 - 20:06 | Kabi Moulitharan | Global News - Canada
Protesters who have been camping this weekend at a British Columbia ostrich farm that’s been ordered to kill its entire flock because of bird flu say they’re preparing to stay longer.Universal Ostrich Farm, in Edgewood, B.C., has been battling with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency over the cull of 399 birds after the farm lost its court battle to save the birds.
May 18, 2025 - 19:47 | | The Globe and Mail
More than 1,000 athletes competed during the National Judo Championships in Calgary this weekend, vying for the chance to represent Canada at the World Championships in August.
May 18, 2025 - 19:33 | Drew Stremick | Global News - Canada
For two decades, the Manito Ahbee festival has been showcasing Indigenous cultures, inviting all Manitobans to experience one of the largest powwows in North America.
May 18, 2025 - 19:33 | | CBC News - Canada
