People needing surgery at Vancouver General Hospital (VGH) will have increased access to care as the provincial government has approved the business plan for the second phase of expansion, adding 13 […]
British Columbia: Fine issued for Coastal GasLink project
The Environmental Assessment Office (EAO) has issued a second administrative penalty to Coastal GasLink Pipeline Ltd. (CGL) for non-compliance with conditions and orders related to erosion and sediment control under […]
What does Equality mean?
Equality is a human right? A right that we all should be striving to see achieved for each other not just for ourselves. It is something that will distribute other […]
PAHO Establishes High-Level Commission on Mental Health and COVID-19
Dr. Carissa F. Etienne, Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), today launched the High-level Commission on Mental Health and COVID-19. The commission will prepare guidelines and recommendations to […]
WHO Director-General’s remarks at the High-Level International Donors’ Conference for Ukraine
The disruption of health services across Ukraine has been catastrophic, compounded by displacement, and the fact that millions of people remain trapped in conflict areas, unable to move. This puts […]
World Food Programme’s Chief Economist
Briefing by Arif Husain, World Food Programme’s Chief Economist, and Rein Paulsen, the Food and Agriculture Organization’s Director of Emergencies, on the Launch of the 2022 Global Report on Food […]
14.9 million excess deaths were associated with the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021
New estimates from the World Health Organization (WHO) show that the full death toll associated directly or indirectly with the COVID-19 pandemic (described as “excess mortality”) between 1 January 2020 […]
Ukraine: Journalists targeted and in danger, warn top rights experts
The alert from UN-appointed independent rights experts, including the UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression, cited “numerous reports” that journalists have been “targeted, tortured, kidnapped, attacked and killed, or […]
British Columbia: Sheila Malcolmson on 165 lives lost to poisoned drugs in March
Sheila Malcolmson, Minister of Mental Health and Addictions, has released the following statement regarding the BC Coroners Service’s report on illicit drug toxicity deaths for March 2022: “It’s tragic that […]
Canada: Prime Minister announces appointment of new Chief Justice of Prince Edward Island
The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today announced the appointment of the Honourable James W. Gormley, a judge of the Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island, as the new Chief Justice […]
Canada: Prime Minister on Israel Independence Day and World Press Freedom Day
Israel Independence Day: The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today issued the following statement on Yom Ha’atzmaut, Israel Independence Day: “Tonight, we join Israelis, Jewish communities, and many others in Canada […]