Topic: Leona Aglukkaq

A remote First Nations reserve in northern Ontario has declared a state of emergency over alarming rates of prescription drug abuse.. . . . But ...
The federal and provincial governments have failed to adequately address the prescription drug abuse crisis that is devastating remote northern ...
The majority of Canadians strongly support an outright ban on junk food marketing aimed at children, a new government-commissioned survey has ...
It's time to eliminate corporate front-of-package food labelling programs and replace them with a regulated nutrition-rating system so consumers...

No imagination in 'innovation'

For a province with ambitions to lead Canada with innovative solutions to chronic problems in the health-care system, it's difficult to see how ...

New funding to attract foreign health workers

Removing the obstacles that prevent internationally trained health-care professionals from working in the Saskatoon Health Region is the goal of...

Groundwork laid for health accord negotiations

Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq discusses the federal government's handling of health care transfers to the provinces. . "Groundwork laid for health...

A move in the right direction

(Readers, please note: my new blog - all about families, parenting and kids - will be "officially" up and running soon. I'm excited to get started...
When Dr. Paolo Zamboni went public in 2009 with his belief, based on scant research, that multiple sclerosis was not an auto-immune disease and was...

So much for Harper's smaller government

Bigger is not always better, especially when it's the size of the federal cabinet, announced Wednesday. Prime Minister Stephen Harper, a...