Patient Compliance

The second in a video series from Dr. John Crosby

Although the Canadian border has been closed since March 21 to limit the spread of COVID-19, the number of international travelers counted at Canadian airports has increased considerably in recent weeks. Between June 29 and July 12, 91,300 travelers entered Canada, according to the Canada Border Services Agency. About 40,000 of the 91,000 passengers were neither Canadian citizens nor permanent residents of the country.

Alberta Health Minister Tyler Shandro is escalating his pay dispute with doctors, asking the College of Physician and Surgeons to make rules to stop doctors from withdrawing services en masse. Shandro, in a letter dated June 18, says patients—particularly those in rural areas—have a right to timely access to care and that the college has to do more to make sure that happens.

Robert Courtney, 67, was set to be released from his 30-year sentence in 2027

Nearly two weeks after a loosened travel agreement between their provinces came into effect, Atlantic Canadian premiers are not rushing to set a date to welcome visitors from the rest of the country. The Atlantic travel "bubble'' that opened July 3 allows residents of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador and Prince Edward Island to travel between the four provinces without being required to self-isolate for 14 days.

As the pandemic considerably increases the psychological distress of Canadians, the Medical Post's sister brand in Quebec Profession Santé has offered up seven radical changes for mental health. Here is the plan:

A week after anti-mask groups rode public transit without face coverings to protest new city bylaws requiring them, the CBC those same groups are making "exemption cards" that claim they are medically exempt from wearing face coverings. The Canadian Red Cross told CBC Toronto said the cards contain a version of the organization's emblem that is being used without permission.