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BPPC Summit to celebrate excellence
Pharmacy professionals across all settings, other healthcare professionals, students, healthcare leaders driving diversity, IPGs seeking mentorship, researchers showcasing innovation, and allies committed to equity in pharmacy will meet at annual BPPC Excellence Summit.
Montreal children’s hospitals over capacity, ask parents not to come unless urgent
Dr. Harley Eisman, interim medical director of pediatric emergency services at Montreal Children’s Hospital, says the increase in patients is due to seasonal viruses spreading at the same time as walking pneumonia cases.

Vancouver Island doctors set up overdose prevention sites without government blessing

Doctors on Vancouver Island say they’re setting up unsanctioned overdose prevention sites on the grounds of Nanaimo General and Royal Jubilee hospitals this week because the B.C. government hasn’t lived up to its promise to set aside space for the sites.
Bureaucratic stupidity in COVID vaccine clinic case will have far reaching consequences

Dr. Sohail Gandhi on the Ontario Health Insurance Plan demanding that a Kingston, Ont. physician pay back $600,000 for running a COVID vaccination clinic.
Pharmacy robberies are down across Ontario in 2024 after implementation of time-delayed safes

The OCP’s latest deterrence strategy has been validated by a sharp decline in pharmacy robberies over the past year.
Scapegoating international medical students won’t solve Ontario’s healthcare crisis

Canada already offers limited opportunities for foreign nationals who aspire to become doctors—in fact, the number of international students admitted to medical schools nationwide each year is so small it could be counted on two hands.
Doctors in northern Saskatchewan treat 27 scurvy cases, highlight food insecurity

Of 50 vitamin C blood tests, 27 were confirmed to be deficient, pointing to scurvy, and 10 showed low levels. All patients were over 20 years old and 79% were Indigenous.
Ottawa names experts to advise on creation of national pharmacare program

The bill became law on Oct. 10, and allows the federal government to sign agreements with the provinces and territories to begin providing free access to contraceptives and diabetes medication.
Metastatic melanoma: How patients are gaining a decade with immunotherapy

The prognosis for advanced melanoma is improving, thanks to a combination of immune checkpoint inhibitors, new research shows.
‘Pizza and coke is a vegetarian diet’: How to get patients to eat better in pursuit of good mental health

Author of ‘Calm Your Mind with Food’ shares how in her clinical practice she teaches people to eat well in order to feel mentally well.

BPPC Summit to celebrate excellence

Montreal children’s hospitals over capacity, ask parents not to come unless urgent

Vancouver Island doctors set up overdose prevention sites without government blessing

Bureaucratic stupidity in COVID vaccine clinic case will have far reaching consequences

Pharmacy robberies are down across Ontario in 2024 after implementation of time-delayed safes

Scapegoating international medical students won’t solve Ontario’s healthcare crisis

Doctors in northern Saskatchewan treat 27 scurvy cases, highlight food insecurity

Ottawa names experts to advise on creation of national pharmacare program

Metastatic melanoma: How patients are gaining a decade with immunotherapy

‘Pizza and coke is a vegetarian diet’: How to get patients to eat better in pursuit of good mental health