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The AMA wanted a larger increase. Here’s the raise Alberta docs just got instead as part of Year 4 allocation
The new funding represents the 3%-increase that was awarded during binding arbitration for the final year of the agreement, retroactive to April 1, 2025.
Ontario has left the chat: After 58 years of membership, CPSO withdraws from national group of medical regulators
CPSO says the decision won’t limit its ability to collaborate with other provincial and territorial medical regulatory authorities.

B.C. government marks 5 years since heat dome killed hundreds

More than 600 people died during the first provincewide heat dome in 2021, but Dr. Bonnie Henry says it will not be the last such event.
Deliberate hyperventilation technique linked to mental break before police standoff

A doctor said in a psychological assessment for the court that he couldn’t conclude the exact cause of Daniel Hackl’s mental break, but found ‘it was most likely triggered by ‘holotropic breathwork.’’
A cancer patient’s cats inspired a push for pets in hospice wards

Under proposed new legislation in Poland, patients would have the right to be visited in hospices and palliative care wards by their pets.
World Council of Optometry updates Dry Eye Wheel with new clinical guidance

The updated tool adds new features to support dry eye assessment and management.
‘Support doesn’t always come in the form of a prescription’: U of T students hear from Two-Spirit trans advocate

Shasha Wolfe, an Indigenous Two-Spirit trans woman, shared her experiences accessing gender-affirming care with pharmacy students at the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy.
Trust issues: Inside the disconnect between family physicians and the CFPC

The CFPC's new leadership says rebuilding member connection is their top priority.
A big step in repairing damaged cartilage could impact OA treatments

Damaged tissue in older mice and human tissue samples regrew using a ‘gerozyme inhibitor’
New CIHI report finds people crowding ERs because there’s nowhere to discharge them

Patients languish in inpatient units because of a lack of long-term care facilities, home care programs and rehab centres.

The AMA wanted a larger increase. Here’s the raise Alberta docs just got instead as part of Year 4 allocation

Ontario has left the chat: After 58 years of membership, CPSO withdraws from national group of medical regulators

B.C. government marks 5 years since heat dome killed hundreds

Deliberate hyperventilation technique linked to mental break before police standoff

A cancer patient’s cats inspired a push for pets in hospice wards

World Council of Optometry updates Dry Eye Wheel with new clinical guidance

‘Support doesn’t always come in the form of a prescription’: U of T students hear from Two-Spirit trans advocate

Trust issues: Inside the disconnect between family physicians and the CFPC

A big step in repairing damaged cartilage could impact OA treatments

New CIHI report finds people crowding ERs because there’s nowhere to discharge them

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