Public health needs to extend beyond lab, work with populations — not just petri dishes Opinion of David Peters and Ted Bruce for CBC News. November 5, 2016 http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/manitoba/public-health-canada-1.3835860 …
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Updates to Cannabis Research Reports – Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse
Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse reports on Medical Use of Cannabis and Cannabinoids and Chronic Use and Cognitive Functioning and Mental Health are now available on our website. CCSA has updated…
Minister of Health announcement to review Canada’s Food Guide
Today Oct 24th, 2016, the Honourable Jane Philpott, Minister of Health, announced that Health Canada started a process to revise Canada’s Food Guide to reflect the latest scientific evidence on…
Special Invitation: Survey to inform an FPT physical activity framework
Federal, provincial and territorial (FPT) Ministers responsible for sport, physical activity, and recreation (SPAR) in Canada (excluding Québec) requested the development of an FPT physical activity framework that will…
Community Health Data website
PHSA recognizes that communities in British Columbia are unique, each with its on assets and health needs. Local level data is important to provide a picture of health in each…
Rejection of the Pacific Northwest Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) Project
The Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE) has learned that the decision about Pacific NW LNG will be going to cabinet soon. CAPE has written an open letter and PHABC Board has…