TORONTO | Access to orphan drugs – pharmaceuticals developed specifically to treat very rare medical conditions – has been more challenging for Canadians than patients in most other developed countries.
VICTORIA | Terry Lake has been appointed minister of health in the B.C. government of Premier Christy Clark, replacing Margaret MacDiarmid, who lost her seat in the recent provincial election.
The New Brunswick college can go ahead with their investigation into sex misconduct allegations after a physician lost his appeal to stop the probe from proceeding.