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First year family medicine residents also eligible to apply for the bonus.

FPs in B.C. will be eligible for an average $25,000 each to help tide them over until a new compensation model is established this fall, Health Minister Adrian Dix said Wednesday.

The program includes waiving several fees for the retired FPs, as well as a monthly retention bonus for those serving in specific rural areas.

In this newly launched column, you send us your questions and we'll get an expert to answer it. Dr. Ryan Korda, a Toronto family physician, asked us for help with recruiting a doctor.

Expert notes the impact of the huge increase in the use of virtual care on the medico-legal landscape is still not clear.

Dr. Robert Stern, who practised as a family physician in Woodstock, Ont., faces several child-pornography related charges.

Dr. Robert Dickson sees a young patient with a puzzling "bullseye" lesion.