Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health Élisabeth Brière (Sherbrooke, Que.) announced $10 million in funding to the Canadian Red Cross. The Canadian Red Cross will act as an intermediary to distribute these funds to community-based organizations across the country working to promote mental health and well-being in … Read more
Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health Carolyn Bennett (Toronto-St. Paul’s, Ont.) announced an investment of $8.6 million for six projects across Ontario to promote mental health and wellbeing in our communities. The funding is being provided through the Government of Canada’s Mental Health Promotion Innovation Fund. The full release is available online. Call 343-552-5568.
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health and to the Minister of Sport Adam van Koeverden (Milton, Ont.) issued a statement: “Stroke is one of the leading causes of death and there are about 880,000 stroke survivors in Canada. Having a stroke is life-threatening and can happen at any age. The signs of stroke are the … Read more
Dr. Theresa Tam, Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer, issued the following statement on COVID-19: “While SARS-CoV-2 virus is still circulating across the country, disease activity indicators continue to show decreasing transmission in most areas. Nationally, laboratory test positivity during the latest seven-day period (May 25-31, 2022) has decreased to 8.4 per cent. Similarly, wastewater signals have plateaued … Read more
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health and to the Minister of Sport Adam van Koeverden (Milton, Ont.) announced an investment of over $1.6M in funding for five organizations to promote the prevention and cessation of tobacco use across Canada, with a focus on populations at higher risk. This investment will support: The Centre for … Read more
The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) is confirming additional cases of monkeypox in Canada. In addition to the previously reported sixteen confirmed cases in Quebec, PHAC’s National Microbiology Laboratory (NML) has confirmed another 10 cases. There are now 26 confirmed cases in Canada. The breakdown by province is: Quebec (25) and Ontario (one). It … Read more
PHAC is confirming a total of 16 cases of monkeypox to date in Canada. All cases have been reported in the province of Quebec. The National Microbiology Laboratory is continuing to receive samples for confirmatory testing from multiple jurisdictions, and will continue to support provinces and territories with testing in their ongoing investigations. There is ongoing … Read more
Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos (Québec, Que.) issued a statement: “Today, the Public Health Agency of Canada confirmed 10 more cases of monkeypox in Quebec, bringing the total cases in Canada to 15. More samples from other jurisdictions in Canada are on the way to PHAC’s National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg for confirmatory testing and we expect … Read more
On behalf of Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos (Québec, Que.), Liberal MP Emmanuel Dubourg (Bourassa, Que.) announced an investment of $220,621 from the new Intersectoral Action Fund for a project on access to healthy food in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec. The full release is available online. Call 613-957-0200.
The Public Health Agency of Canada is working with the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and public health authorities in the province of Quebec to investigate potential exposure and contacts of a case of monkeypox recently identified in the United States (U.S.). The U.S. citizen had recently travelled to Canada from the … Read more
