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Dr. Oleh Duda was in the middle of a particularly complicated surgery at a hospital in Lviv, Ukraine, when he heard explosions nearby.

The bylaw changes are expected to be implemented in the coming weeks, with the aim of allowing those doctors to practise in B.C. communities by January.

Shamez Kassam, who owned a pharmacy in London, Ont., also instructed staff to dispense methadone without a pharmacist present, according to the Ontario College of Pharmacists.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is rolling back on a promise to introduce legislation this fall that would have outlawed restrictions on people not vaccinated against COVID-19.

Health officials said in mid-November that the Alberta Children's Hospital emergency department had been seeing more than 300 visits a day, compared to between about 180 and 220 before the latest surge.

The partnership is part of the OPA’s drive to modernize and transform how pharmacists use digital tools.

Dr. Roger Strasser, the founding dean and chief executive officer of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine, will be the Simon Fraser school's interim dean.

The study, out of Universite du Quebec en Abitibi-Temiscamingue, says it's the first of its kind to document the forced sterilization of First Nations and Inuit women in the province.