A new national campaign is calling on governments to boost support for Canadian women experiencing menopause, laying out what it says is a blueprint to help Canada become a world leader for care.
The foundation’s surveys have found that one in two women feel unprepared for menopause and perimenopause, while two in five feel their symptoms were undertreated by their health care provider.
FILE PHOTO: File Photo: A Canadian dollar coin, commonly known as the "Loonie", is pictured in this illustration picture taken in Toronto, January 23, 2015. REUTERS/Mark Blinch/File Photo/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: File Photo: A Canadian dollar coin, commonly known as the "Loonie", is pictured in this illustration picture taken in Toronto, January 23, 2015. REUTERS/Mark Blinch/File Photo/File Photo
A FlyDubai aircraft carrying Israelis who experienced an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia is seen parked at Ben Gurion International Airport, near Tel Aviv on Sept. 30.
Canadian Space Agency astronaut Joshua Kutryk poses for a picture with his family as he departs for the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Thursday.
A pilot stabbed a co-pilot in the cockpit as he attempted to take control of a Tel Aviv-bound flight from the United Arab Emirates, with the aim of crashing it, according to Israel's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Stephanie Scott, the executive director of the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation, says Canada's commitment to real truth and reconciliation is spotty, amid a rising wave of residential school denialism.
Prime Minister Mark Carney said it's important to reflect on a 'dark chapter' in Canada's history and honour the children who survived residential schools and those who never made it home. He made the comment Wednesday on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation at an event in Fort Edmonton Park.
Mathieu Caron, director of astronauts, life sciences and space medicine at the Canadian Space Agency, and Bob Thirsk, a former astronaut, say Canada continues to show its contributions to space exploration. Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutryk is set to travel to the International Space Station on Thursday.
Toronto Blue Jays general manager Ross Atkins and team president Mark Shapiro held season-ending availabilities Wednesday at Rogers Centre after the team closed out a 79-83 campaign last weekend.
Quebec voters check information on their voter card before they enter a poling station in the riding of Mercier, in the Quebec provincial general election on Monday Oct. 5, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Peter McCabe
RCMP in Nova Scotia have issued an emergency alert as they search for a man they believe is armed with a shotgun and dangerous after he allegedly shot a woman. The RCMP logo is seen outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police "E" Division Headquarters, in Surrey, B.C., April 13, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
The members of Manitoba's Progressive Conservative caucus have chosen a new interim leader. Konrad Narth, who represents La Vérendrye in the province's southeast, says the party is united and will select a new leader at a later date.
Parti Québécois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon gestures during the last Quebec election debate in Montreal on Sept. 23. The PQ has maintained a lead in the polls for the better part of three years.
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