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Toxic drug deaths last year fell 13% from the year before, with the annual death toll lower than any year since 2020.

Neighbourhood Pharmacies is calling on the federal government to remove seven pharmacy-related product codes from the list for tariff consideration.

The province announced Monday that as of now, IMGs originally from Alberta no longer need to complete a clinical assessment period in the province before beginning residency.

A rigorous training schedule, culture shock and fear of failure caused severe stress among the recruits, says the report produced by the province’s Immigration Department.

The province announced that as of March 24, 789 family physicians have signed up for the new model, clearing the minimum threshold of 500.

Examining primary care through the lens of education: opportunities and challenges.

The study, published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal on March 17, found that naloxone kits placed at public transit locations had the ‘greatest coverage’ and efficiency for potentially reversing drug overdoses.

Spanish family doctors have vacation, sick leave and a pension. Part one of a three-part series.