A B.C. cannabis company says it has approval from Health Canada to include cocaine as a substance the company can legally possess, produce, sell and distribute. Adastra Labs in Langley, B.C., said it has been granted an amendment to its dealer license to “interact” with up to 250 grams of cocaine (nearly nine ounces), to […]
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Nova Scotia Health Minister Michelle Thompson and provincial health authority CEO Karen Oldfield announced actions to improve care in emergency departments across the province on Wednesday. Among the changes include assigning nurse practitioners and physician assistants in ERs, and teams led by doctors focused on getting patients out of ambulances and into ERs faster. The
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Ontario Premier Doug Ford spoke on Wednesday to the media at a Shoppers Drug Mart store where he provided assurances to Ontarians that the current health-care crisis of staff and service shortages is going to improve. Ford hailed the decision to allow pharmacists to prescribe medications for 13 common conditions that took effect on Jan.
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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith held a press conference on Tuesday, where she discussed various topics including her opposition to Justin Trudeau’s just transition plan, health care options and the Alberta sovereignty act. Smith held the availability saying she wanted to give the media an opportunity to ask “questions directly on issues.” The premier started the
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Canada’s top doctor provided an update on Thursday on the numbers of COVID-19 infections across the country, showing increased growth in Omicron variants activity amongst other respiratory diseases. When asked whether people should wear masks indoors again, Dr. Theresa Tam said masks are recommended as an extra layer of protection against spreading infection, but it’s
Premier Danielle Smith has followed through on her pledge to remove Dr. Deena Hinshaw from her position as Alberta’s chief medical officer of health and is hiring a familiar face to replace her. The Alberta government confirmed Monday afternoon that Dr. Mark Joffe, who has spoken to Albertans on numerous occasions during the COVID-19 pandemic
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Health Canada chief medical advisor Dr. Supriya Sharma discussed on Friday the agency’s approval of Pfizer’s bivalent COVID-19 vaccine booster for people 12 years of age and older. The newly-approved vaccine targets the original SARS-CoV-2 virus as well as Omicron’s BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants, and thus has the name “bivalent vaccine.” The shot has been
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It’s no secret that finding a family doctor these days can be frustrating. But since the start of the pandemic, retaining one is also proving difficult for many Canadians, with a rising number of professionals leaving the practice. One patient knows this pain all too well. When Donna Kivanc lost her business during the pandemic,
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There is a war of words going on over the state of health care in Canada’s biggest province. Staffing shortages have led to some surgeries being cancelled, and even some hospitals closing their doors. Despite that, Ontario Health Minister Sylvia Jones won’t call the situation in the province’s hospitals a ‘crisis,’ amid more questions and
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On this episode of Global National: Every day, there’s an increase in voices in Canada’s health-care system crying out for help as staffing shortages choke the system. Emergency room doctors and nurses are increasingly feeling the strain. As Ross Lord reports, Ontario’s health-care unions are realizing a five-point plan to address the crisis in their
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Canada’s NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh called on Justin Trudeau and the Liberals on Thursday to take action to fix Canada’s health-care system, in what he called a “national crisis.” Ontario Nurses’ Association President Cathryn Hoy joined Singh in speaking at the press conference. Singh offered suggestions to solve the problem, such as reducing red-tape for
Alberta’s Health Minister Jason Copping and chief medical officer of health Deena Hinshaw gave a COVID-19 update for the province on Tuesday. Copping announced he has directed Alberta Health Services to lift its COVID-19 vaccination mandate for staff on March 10, five days earlier than a draft directive leaked last week indicated. On the two-year
Ontario’s health minister and deputy premier says she is not seeking re-election for the upcoming provincial election. Christine Elliott made the official announcement on Friday, almost three months before the election on June 2. “After considerable reflection and discussion with my family, it is with deep gratitude for my 16 years in public life that
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Health Canada’s chief medical advisor spoke Thursday regarding the agency’s approval of Covifenz, a COVID-19 vaccine developed by Quebec-based company Medicago. The home-grown vaccine marks the world’s first ever plant-based jab authorized for human use and is also the first Canadian shot to be approved in over 20 years. The vaccine offered more than 70
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More than three months after promising to require all health-care workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19, the province is finally implementing the policy. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry announced on Wednesday family doctors, dentists, chiropractors, physiotherapists and pharmacists will be required to be vaccinated by March 24, 2022. Henry said there is a process
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Some staff of the U.K.’s National Health Service (NHS) took to the streets of London on Saturday in protest of vaccine mandates for all health-care workers. The U.K. government has made vaccines for health and home-care workers mandatory starting April 1, 2022. According to NHS England, all workers in the NHS and independent health-care sector
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It has been two years since the vast majority of B.C. residents were introduced to provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry. On Jan. 28, 2020, Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix announced the province’s first case of the novel coronavirus, and was Canada’s third. “It’s certainly been a long two years,” Dix quipped during a
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This episode of Patriot Act includes the topics of mental illness, self-harm, and suicide. Mental health is finally having a moment in the national conversation, but insurance companies, like Blue Cross and UnitedHealth, are finding ways to deny mental health treatment to thousands of patients. Hasan talks about his own experience with mental health therapy
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Ontario’s chief medical officer of health Dr. Kieran Moore provided an update Tuesday about the province’s COVID-19 situation as the Omicron variant continues to rapidly spread across the province. Many provincial rollouts of COVID-19 rapid tests, including Ontario’s, have been met with long queues and inadequate supply. Moore said the province is trying to purchase
Quebec Health Minister Christian Dubé announced Tuesday that due to concerns over staffing as the Omicron COVID-19 variant surges in the province, a change was being made to allow health-care and essential workers to be able to work even if they tested positive. He said decisions on who can work will be made on a
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