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At a breaking point: What governments and regulators need to do to help pharmacists survive COVID
Governments and regulators must step up today to support a profession that's been pushed to its limit as we enter a new stage of the pandemic, say the Canadian Pharmacists Association.
Half of Ontario opioid deaths interacted with healthcare system the month before: study
Half of Ontarians who died of an opioid overdose in the early stages of the pandemic had interacted with the healthcare system in the month before their deaths, a new report shows.

B.C. nurses, doctors exhausted as next COVID-19 peak comes this week

Doctors of BC president Dr. Ramneek Dosanjh said it has been an overwhelming three years for her members.
2 hours, 3 pharmacies robbed: Employees menaced with a knife by suspects who fled with prescription drugs

Exactly two weeks earlier, on New Year's Eve day in the Waterloo region, a similar robbery took place in another drugstore.
'OK this is going to be messy': Canadian doctor helps deliver baby mid-flight

About an hour after taking off from Doha, Qatar, last month, Dr. Aisha Khatib said she was settling into her seat when she was roused by an announcement asking if there were any medical personnel on board.
'Natural problem solvers': Healthcare workers find creative ways to get to work through blizzard
'We're getting through this': Nunavut hamlet fighting COVID 19 and TB at same time

It was the first case of COVID-19 to reach Pangnirtung. The Baffin Island hamlet of about 1,400 people had also been dealing with a tuberculosis outbreak since late November.
Health Canada approves Pfizer antiviral but supply issues expected

The authorization says the treatment is greenlit for adult patients with mild or moderate COVID-19 who are also at high risk of becoming more seriously ill.
30 years of fraud and deception: Fake nurse could face 10 years in prison

Brigitte Cleroux's criminal history dates back to at least 1991 when, at the age of 19, she was charged in Quebec with forgery and impersonation.
B.C. says gender on ID cards can now be changed without doctor's confirmation

Grace Lore, parliamentary secretary for gender equity, says the change will reduce a barrier that two-spirit, transgender, non-binary and gender-diverse people face when trying to change their identification documents.

At a breaking point: What governments and regulators need to do to help pharmacists survive COVID

Half of Ontario opioid deaths interacted with healthcare system the month before: study

B.C. nurses, doctors exhausted as next COVID-19 peak comes this week

2 hours, 3 pharmacies robbed: Employees menaced with a knife by suspects who fled with prescription drugs

'OK this is going to be messy': Canadian doctor helps deliver baby mid-flight

'Natural problem solvers': Healthcare workers find creative ways to get to work through blizzard

'We're getting through this': Nunavut hamlet fighting COVID 19 and TB at same time

Health Canada approves Pfizer antiviral but supply issues expected

30 years of fraud and deception: Fake nurse could face 10 years in prison

B.C. says gender on ID cards can now be changed without doctor's confirmation

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