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Tyler Shandro, a lawyer who was defeated in last month’s provincial election, faces three complaints from his time as health minister early in the COVID-19 pandemic.

Health Minister Adrian Dix says in a news release that full coverage of the medications will be available to all B.C. residents with an active medical services plan.

Currently, family doctors should be going to patients’ homes if they die suddenly with a known health problem. But about two million Ontarians are without a family physician and a doctor might refuse to attend a scene.

At the time of the arrest in 2021, Dr. Albert de Villiers was the chief medical officer of health for B.C.’s Interior Health, following his previous work as the top public health doctor in northern Alberta.

Ontario hospital workers, not including registered nurses, are set to get an additional 3.75% and 2.5% in wage increases over two years.

Dr. Colin Audain won’t discuss details but says the new deal should include competitive compensation and address work-life balance—critical issues for doctor recruitment and retention.

The model for delivering mental health and addictions recovery services is designed to meet people’s needs with the least intensive and most effective options.

Posing as an aunt or uncle seeking help for a fictitious 16-year-old who survived a fentanyl overdose, researchers called U.S. rehabs and asked if they offered the treatment medication buprenorphine.