Public Health Sudbury & Districts and the Porcupine Health Unit have confirmed that a bird in their respective jurisdictions has tested positive for West Nile virus. In a statement, the Porcupine Health Unit says monitored mosquito pools have tested negative for West Nile virus (WNV) since 2006 and no confirmed human cases have been reported … Read more
The 37th edition of the Gatineau Hot Air Balloon Festival (GHF) takes off at Parc de la Baie from August 29 to September 2. Here are five activities that caught our attention and that promise to please young and old alike. Charlotte Cardin en spectacle Open in full screen mode Singer-songwriter Charlotte Cardin will kick off … Read more
The Lift program offers schoolchildren aged 13 to 15 an immersion in various professions to help them choose their future career and gain experience. The show On en parle welcomes Emilie Vuilleumier, head of the program in French-speaking Switzerland and deputy co-director, to detail the steps and benefits. The Lift program allows students in compulsory … Read more
Pediatric cancer prognoses have improved greatly in recent years, but treatments have long-term side effects. Starting this fall, the VIE project, which aims to improve the quality of life of childhood cancer survivors through healthy lifestyle habits, will be expanded to all pediatric oncology centres in Quebec. More than 80% of children and adolescents with … Read more
The eight modular homes built in Maria to accommodate health workers were inaugurated Tuesday morning. It took the Société d’habitation du Québec (SHQ) nine months to build these 5 and a half container homes, located in the heart of the municipality. Last fall, the SHQ was behind schedule in installing these units because the tender … Read more
About a decade ago, six Indigenous communities joined a new network dedicated to the mental health of Canadian youth. It was a university research project with a novel approach to care. The model has proven so successful that there is now a desire to expand it across Canada, to First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. … Read more
The City of Edmonton needs more space to process organic waste, according to a city report, which says the amount of food waste collected by city departments from households is increasing. The city plans to build new outdoor waste composting infrastructure at the municipal waste management center located in the northeast part of the city. … Read more
Over the next few months, many healthcare institutions will have to make small and large efforts to balance their finances. At the CISSS de Laval, for example, employees of three CHSLDs, including that of Sainte-Dorothée, recently learned that staff absences would not be filled for the night shift. In a recent communication, the human resources … Read more
The words “slow down” and “danger” often appear in red these days on the two speed cameras located along Route 105 in Chelsea. According to the citizens of this Outaouais municipality, this reflects an increasingly heavy trend on this section located between Old Chelsea Road and the Alonzo-Wright Bridge. They are now asking the Quebec … Read more
Premium article, Reserved for subscribers Just over a week after the WHO declared a health emergency concerning monkeypox, Eurofins announced the immediate availability of a PCR test on Friday, August 23. Among the leaders in analysis, the group, now based in Luxembourg, was born in Nantes in 1987. Eurofins has developed a real-time PCR test … Read more