Urgences-santé argued the protocol was necessary to protect not only paramedics, but the health system as a whole, explaining that if paramedics became infected with the virus or died of the illness it would have a direct impact on patients.

The growing number of health services being offered in Kelowna has meant families don't have to deal with the additional burden of being geographically separated.

Health services have grown so much in Kelowna, that fewer and fewer patients from the Interior have to travel to the coast for treatment.

On World Restart a Heart Day, McGill students advocate for better education on CPR and AED use.

Bonnie co-founded the much-beloved R&B group — best known for songs like 'Fairytale' and 'Live Your Life Before You Die' — in 1969 with her sisters.

Friends, family and classmates are mourning after a Winnipeg teen died from flu complications.

The Los Angeles Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner told Global News it is still investigating exactly how the girl, Janice Xu, died.

The girl, believed to be about 10 years old, was on a Delta flight from Seattle from Los Angeles International Airport, authorities said.

Dave Hume performed life-saving CPR on 70-year-old John Wiebe in September after he went into cardiac arrest during a slo-pitch game.

British woman Audrey Mash developed hypothermia that caused her heart to stop while hiking in the Pyrenees mountains of Spain.