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- 3/26/2023
Toronto updates decriminalization request, asks to exempt all drugs, include youth
The city’s submission, an update to its initial January 2022 request, indicates Toronto wants the federal agency to go further than the exemption it recently granted to British Columbia under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act. - 3/26/2023
Saskatchewan family doctors say provincial budget short on needed reforms
While he welcomes new funding for healthcare, SMA president Dr. John Gjevre said it has been frustrating to watch other provinces make program changes that doctors in Saskatchewan have long asked for. - 3/26/2023
Ontario doctors blast province for ending healthcare for uninsured residents
The Ontario Medical Association said it first learned of the pending suspension on Friday. - 3/23/2023
Massachusetts governor: Pharmacies must stock abortion pills
The action comes as a federal judge in Texas is considering a lawsuit that would overturn decades-old federal approval of the drug. - 3/23/2023
What to know about new research on coffee and heart risks
In the U.S., more Americans drink coffee daily than tap water—but what does it mean for their hearts? - 3/23/2023
Field Trip Health & Wellness enters creditor protection, lays off staff
The Toronto-based company which operates four psychedelic therapy clinics says the Ontario Superior Court of Justice granted it a creditor protection order today under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act. - 3/23/2023
Ontario reaches funding deal with optometrists; changes seniors' eye exam eligibility
Optometrists withdrew from performing provincially insured eye services from September to November 2021 amid a dispute over the amount they were being reimbursed. - 3/23/2023
Mexico’s help to American women who need abortions should inspire Canada
Cross-border abortion travel is not new. Assisted by formal and ad hoc cross-border referral networks, American women who could manage the costs travelled abroad to countries like Mexico, Canada and Great Britain for abortions before 1973.