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Dr. Ali Zentner, a Vancouver specialist in internal medicine and obesity, said she's frustrated that her patients are made to choose options for diabetes treatment that are based on what's 'cheapest for this government.' (Joel Law/CBC) 186 comments This story is part of Situation Critical, a series from CBC British Columbia reporting on the barriers people in this province face in accessing timely and appropriate health care. B.C. doctors who treat diabetes say they've been forced to jump through hoops to get coverage for potentially life-saving drugs, including making patients try cheaper but more dangerous alternatives first. Dr. Ali Zentner, a Vancouver specialist in internal medicine and obesity, said game-changing new drugs and devices for diabetes patients have appeared in recent years. That includes pharmaceuticals like Ozempic for people with Type 2 diabetes, which also helps with weight loss and reduces the chance of heart attack or stroke and continu...

de Olza/The Associated Press) Sales at Canadian retailers fell by more than they were expected to in September, another sign that consumers are keeping their wallets closed wherever possible in the face of high prices. Statistics Canada reported Tuesday that retailers rang up $61.1 billion in sales during the month. That was a decling of 0.5 per cent from the previous month's level. Economists had been expecting the figure to shrink from the previous month's level, but the numbers came in even lower than the 0.4 per cent decline that was anticipated. Three quarters of all types of retailers saw sales shrink, led by gasoline stations (down 2.4 per cent) and food and beverage stores (down 1.3 per cent.) "Much of the decline was due to prices, with volumes only down 0.1 per cent," Desjardins economist Tiago Figueiredo noted. It wasn't just physical stores that felt the pinch during the month, as online shopping — which has seen exploded in popularity in recent y...

Facebook Twitter Email Reddit LinkedIn For so many, labour action is about whether they get to eat or stay in their home Ameil J. Joseph · for CBC Opinion · Posted: Nov 22, 2022 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: November 22 Vanessa Vella standing on the side of the road with a sign that reads "Protect Workers Rights." Supporters of education workers joined the CUPE picket line near Lime Ridge Mall in Hamilton on Nov. 4. CUPE and the Ontario government reached a tentative deal Nov. 20. (Aura Carreño Rosas/CBC) 98 comments This column is an opinion by Ameil J. Joseph, an associate professor with the School of Social Work at McMaster University. For more information about CBC's Opinion section, please see the FAQ. The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), representing education workers, and the Ontario government reached a tentative deal Sunday night that is keeping kids in classrooms this week. Meanwhile, nearly 3,000 teaching and research assistants at McMaster Univers...

STM built new ventilation station within the heritage property CBC News · Posted: Nov 22, 2022 7:40 AM ET | Last Updated: 12 hours ago 1423 Towers St., seen here in the centre, has been converted into an incognito STM facility. (Laura Marchand/CBC) 77 comments Unlike its neighbours, the house at 1423 Towers St. in downtown Montreal seems to have withstood the test of time. While its stone Victorian walls appear unchanged, the building itself is hiding a secret: it's not a house at all — at least, not anymore. For years, Montreal's transit authority has been discreetly building a sprawling ventilation system within — and below — the abandoned building. Behind its snow-crusted front steps lie the hidden depths of the city's Metro system. The STM said it chose the old house for its ventilation station because land is scarce in the downtown core, especially near the Metro's Green line, under de Maisonneuve Boulevard. Martin Allard, an architect with the Société de tr...

Facebook Twitter Email Reddit LinkedIn 'Every single time we open up one, there is something new to be discovered,' says ROM curator of space rocks Cara Nickerson · CBC News · Posted: Nov 22, 2022 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: 9 hours ago A meteor makes a white arc in the night sky. The meteor was caught by 12 of Western Meteor Physics Group's 20 cameras. (Submitted by Western Meteor Physics Group) 43 comments A meteor, one metre in diameter, lit up the southern Ontario sky early Saturday morning before it crash landed in pieces into Lake Ontario and along the shoreline of Grimsby, Ont., in the Niagara region. The landing now has scientists asking residents to keep an eye out for the space rocks — which could be billions of years old. The European Space Agency said this is only the sixth time that a meteor, which turns into meteorites as it falls to earth and breaks apart, has been detected well before impact by global asteroid warning systems. The systems were able t...

Researchers say finding one dead humpback is unusual — but at least 4 have been found since Oct. 12 CBC News · Posted: Nov 22, 2022 5:00 AM PT | Last Updated: 10 hours ago Two dead humpbacks were found on Haida Gwaii beaches in November. (Department of Fisheries and Oceans) 320 comments Several humpback whales have been found dead in B.C. in the span of just a few weeks, and it appears humans may be the cause in at least two of the cases. The Department of Fisheries and Oceans has identified at least four and possibly five humpbacks found dead on B.C. beaches or coastal areas between Oct. 12 and Nov. 21. Paul Cottrell, the marine mammal co-ordinator for the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, says at least two of them had signs of "blunt-force trauma," indicating they may have been hit by a large object, such as a boat. Cottrell said more research would have to be done to confirm those findings and to try and determine whether the whales were hit before or after they ...