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What Trudeau has offered to the premiers to fund healthcare
The provinces budgeted about $204 billion for healthcare in this fiscal year and the Canada Health Transfer was set at $45 billion, or about 22% of that.
Contractor association complaint against Ottawa Hospital cites 'restrictive' deal
The Progressive Contractors Association of Canada, which represents more than 25,000 construction workers, alleges the labour agreement is restrictive and decreases the number of eligible workers.

CVS buying spree continues with US$10.6B Oak Street deal

The drugstore chain said Wednesday it would pay US$39 per share in cash for each share of Oak Street in a deal expected to close this year.
Pierre Poilievre pledges to honour Trudeau's healthcare funding offer to premiers

The Tory leader echoed criticisms from some premiers that the overall increase falls far short of what provincial and territorial leaders were hoping for.
The Indigenous Pharmacy Professionals of Canada hosts multilateral 'meeting of the minds'

The meeting was a chance to introduce the IPPC and discuss Indigenous representation in pharmacy, strategies to improve Indigenous health, and anti-Indigenous racism in pharmacy.
How does he know I’m on methadone? Door-to-door marketer was pharmacy owner who peeked at competitors’ patient files

33rd Street Pharmacy and its pharmacy managers, Olatunji Obidiya and Milind Patel, must jointly pay $30,000 in fines and costs. Pharmacy owner and pharmacy assistant Sachinkumar Patel—who viewed more than 100 records without patient consent—escaped professional sanction because he’s not registered with the Saskatchewan College of Pharmacy Professionals.
Trudeau lays out $196-billion, 10-year healthcare offer to premiers

Trudeau is making the offer to the premiers today at a meeting in Ottawa.
Former chief medical officer found guilty of child sex assault in Alberta

Dr. Albert de Villiers, who appeared in court today via video from his home in Kelowna, B.C., was chief medical officer of health in Alberta’s north zone for 16 year.
Nova Scotia program setting IMGs up with a soft landing instead of a thud

Orientation program provides practical information.
Quebec nurse becomes TikTok star with funny, gritty takes on hospital life

This emergency room nurse and content creator has millions of followers on TikTok.