After a wagon overturned leading to multiple hospitalizations on Wednesday, the community’s attention has turned to interagency collaboration and emergency preparedness in the Chippewa Valley. The ...

2:41 Health Matters: Ottawa launches new pandemic preparedness ... agency to beef up Canada’s ability to handle rapidly spreading infectious diseases and protect from future pandemics. Health ...

Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne said the agency is meant to preserve the "top-gun team" of public servants that helped steer Canadians through COVID-19. Health Emergency Readiness ...

He said Canada faced the danger of being the only G7 country "without a dedicated team" for pandemic preparedness. Once fully operational, the agency will have an "industrial game plan" to move ...