Public Health & Preventive Medicine

Launched last year by Toronto pharmacist Nneke Ezurike, EMPOWER is an all-day women-focused learning and networking event. This year's event is scheduled for Sept. 30 at the Château le Jardin in Toronto.

The Welcome Collaborative—a $1.3-million investment by the province, plans to host up to six sessions per year with as many as 20 doctors per session.

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Health Canada turned down the request last month to allow health workers to access and consume psilocybin.

The Alberta government will immediately provide families $2,000 for each child affected by an E. coli outbreak related to several Calgary daycares, Premier Danielle Smith said Friday.

Dr. Jabir Jassam realizes a colleague has a different attitude toward work-life balance during a fishing trip.

Public Safety Minister Kris Austin said the Progressive Conservative government had decided it needed to take sharper measures.

With pharmacists also able to prescribe, patients have more access to birth control—but high demand is also leading to long waits for procedures like IUD insertion.