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Mental health supports and more expanding to more branches of the Toronto Public Library
As Toronto’s libraries increasingly find themselves on the front lines of the city’s homelessness and mental health crisis, a program that aims to help some of the most vulnerable people is expanding to more branches.
Carney says federal government will sign more pharmacare deals with provinces
The government launched the first phase of the pharmacare program last year, which provides what it calls ‘universal, single-payer, first-dollar coverage’ of contraceptives and some diabetes medications at little or no cost to patients.

Saskatchewan NDP wants review of government response to ‘Queen of Canada’ occupation

The NDP says a review of the province’s and the SHA’s responses is necessary to understand why Romana Didulo, 50, and her followers—known as the ‘Kingdom of Canada’—were able to occupy a building in Richmound since 2023, wreaking havoc on the small village west of Regina.
Manitoba government funding 24-hour police security at province’s largest hospital

The move comes as nurses made the rare decision last month to declare the hospital too dangerous to work in, otherwise known as ‘grey listing.’
New Brunswick is delaying the release of a report about a mystery brain disease

The province says it has also asked the Public Health Agency of Canada for additional support in the investigation.
Health officials declare ‘Queen of Canada’s’ compound a threat to public safety

Police arrested the group’s leader, Romana Didulo, property owner Ricky Manz and 14 others on Wednesday in the village west of Regina, after obtaining a search warrant to enter the site.
Dr. Kieran Moore says Ontario needs to modernize vaccine registry, calls for national schedule

Each province and territory has its own immunization schedule and data system but for more than 20 years, healthcare providers and public health experts have been advocating for a national vaccine registry.
The B.C. mayor who launched a city-run primary care clinic says people come up and hug him in the grocery store

Colwood’s city-run clinic is ahead of schedule on recruiting doctors—but the patient attachment process has proven slower than hoped for Mayor Doug Kobayashi.
As Trump targets DEI in education, Canadian med school accreditors celebrate ‘decoupling’ from U.S. standards

As of July 1, Canada for the first time has its own accreditation system for medical schools that is not tied to the U.S. LCME.
Ontario privacy watchdog fines Windsor pediatrician and clinic for misuse of patient data

Dr. Omar Afandi and WE Kidz Pediatrics accessed newborn records from a shared hospital EHR to solicit circumcision services, prompting Canada’s first administrative monetary penalties under PHIPA.

Mental health supports and more expanding to more branches of the Toronto Public Library

Carney says federal government will sign more pharmacare deals with provinces

Saskatchewan NDP wants review of government response to ‘Queen of Canada’ occupation

Manitoba government funding 24-hour police security at province’s largest hospital

New Brunswick is delaying the release of a report about a mystery brain disease

Health officials declare ‘Queen of Canada’s’ compound a threat to public safety

Dr. Kieran Moore says Ontario needs to modernize vaccine registry, calls for national schedule

The B.C. mayor who launched a city-run primary care clinic says people come up and hug him in the grocery store

As Trump targets DEI in education, Canadian med school accreditors celebrate ‘decoupling’ from U.S. standards

Ontario privacy watchdog fines Windsor pediatrician and clinic for misuse of patient data