Vancouver Coastal Health

Canada’s stalled pathways unfortunately keep experienced internationally trained doctors out of practice argues a doctor trained in Mexico.

Vancouver Coastal Health said Friday that there were four cases of mosquito-borne illnesses late last year, that resulted in swelling of the brain.

Josie Osborne says more than 2,250 doctors, nurses and other health professionals have signed up for webinars and expressed interest in working in B.C. since March.

The new beds at Alouette Homes in Maple Ridge, B.C., are designed for people who need involuntary care under the Mental Health Act outside the criminal justice system.

Health Minister Josie Osborne says the government wants to ensure that all authorities are best positioned to tackle the ‘complex challenges’ facing the healthcare system.

The clinic is named after Dr. Elizabeth Bagshaw, who it calls ‘a pioneer in reproductive choice’ who helped set up Canada’s first community birth-control clinic.

Check out this list provided by Doctors of BC.

Protesters have chanted, cheered and sobbed at city hall, marched by the hundreds and organized petitions.