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Highlights from auditor reports on B.C. overdose prevention, safer-supply programs
VICTORIA - British Columbia's auditor general has released audits on two key government programs aimed at curbing the death toll from the toxic-drug crisis. The first report examined the implementatio...
Mar 19, 2024
Quebec, Ottawa reach health-care funding deal, $900 million per year to province
Quebec has become the last province to reach an agreement in principle with the federal government on health-care funding. Under the proposed deal, the province would receive an additional $900 millio...
Mar 19, 2024
Contraceptives will be available without a prescription in New York following a statewide order
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Contraceptives will be available without a prescription in New York under an order signed by state health officials on Tuesday. The move is part of New York Gov. Kathy Hochul's mis...
Mar 19, 2024
Judges limit North Carolina child support law requirement in IVF case involving same-sex couple
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Someone acting as a child's parent can't be ordered to pay child support in North Carolina unless the person is an actual parent or has formally agreed to provide such compensatio...
Mar 19, 2024
N.S. to face wave of physician retirements as wait-list for primary care remains high
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia doctors are facing extreme burnout amid a labour shortage that risks worsening with a looming wave of retirements, says the former head of the association representing physicians...
Mar 19, 2024
Major Quebec nurses union reaches agreement with province for five-year-contract
MONTREAL - After 15 months of negotiations a major nurses union has reached an agreement with the Quebec government for a five-year collective agreement. The proposed deal needs to be put to the 80,00...
Mar 19, 2024
Young Canadian workers feel isolated and lonely, survey suggests
Telus Health has released its Mental Health Index today, with surveys on the mental health of employed people in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe, Singapore, New Zealand and Austr...
Mar 19, 2024
Two of B.C.'s overdose prevention programs have 'significant deficiencies': auditor
VICTORIA - Nearly eight years after British Columbia declared a public-health emergency because of escalating overdoses, it still hasn't set a standard of care for those struggling with addiction, the...
Mar 19, 2024
'Motel medicine': Alberta NDP urge apology after stroke patient sent to motel
Alberta's health minister says proper procedures were followed when a stroke patient who, for his long-term recovery, was shipped to a motel where his wheelchair didn't fit and he was fed fast food. "...
Mar 18, 2024
Transgender people bear brunt of misinformation about gender identity, experts say
MONTREAL - Misinformation surrounding gender identity is pervasive and it has a profound impact on the mental health of transgender and non-binary people, advocates say. Dupr Latour, a trans woman who...
Mar 18, 2024
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