Finance

The family behind Canada's biggest pharmacy and grocery chains is growing its empire with the acquisition of U.K. drugstore Boots.

The two governments also have earmarked more than $100 million in infrastructure funding to build or rehabilitate health facilities in 12 communities.

Eby’s party said B.C. would become the first large province with a tax bracket on individuals who earn more than a million, while the Conservatives said the move would drive doctors out of the province.

The board says it accepts the province’s argument that testing, while routine, can have major ramifications on everything from cancer diagnoses to prenatal testing.

Provinces and territories have raised concerns about the federal budget, which forecasts an end to some targeted healthcare funding after March 2027.

Patients are buying the holistic care and attention that public healthcare doesn’t fund.

An internal hospital memo says the hospital network is looking at a $150 million deficit for 2026-27 and has put about 413 union and non-union jobs on the chopping block, with a third of those positions currently vacant.

Tickets are now available for doctors seeking to increase their financial literacy.

Green alleges he was ‘knowingly and deliberately scapegoated’ and is seeking more than $3 million in damages.

ISMP Canada CEO Natalie Borden hopes the renewable Dalhousie award will ease financial barriers for Black pharmacy students in the province.