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• 2/14/2023

  Yukon premier meets federal ministers over health, calls northern funding ‘critical’

  Premier Ranj Pillai says healthcare delivery can cost three to four times as much for the territory where people often have to leave home to get specialized treatment.
• 2/14/2023

  B.C. Premier Eby and federal ministers discuss bilateral health agreements

  Ottawa intends to negotiate separate agreements with each of the jurisdictions to tailor the deal for provincial or territorial healthcare needs.
• 2/13/2023

  Family medicine is a dumping ground for other people’s work

  Many specialists ignore the requirements in the schedule of benefits and expect family doctors to deal with follow-up care, ordering tests and admin work, argues Dr. Adam Stewart.
• 2/13/2023

  Temporary staffing agencies overcharging Ontario long term care homes: association

  AdvantAge Ontario said the homes are spending tens of millions of dollars on temporary nurses and that places the province’s target of four hours of care per day per resident by 2025 in jeopardy.
• 2/13/2023

  Federal-provincial healthcare deal fails Canadians

  Canada's leaders would do well to refer to Albert Einstein's definition of insanity, because this new healthcare funding smells like old promises our government failed to keep, years ago.
• 2/13/2023

  Gunmen storm hospital of newborn saved from quake in Syria

  An official denied reports on social media that the Monday night attack was an attempt to kidnap the infant named Aya.
• 2/13/2023

  Ontario children's hospitals, healthcare orgs ask province for $371.5 million

  The request comes just days after Ottawa laid out its offer to provinces and territories on federal funding of healthcare.
• 2/13/2023

  Advocates, MPs call on feds to expand access to psychedelic treatment

  Psilocybin is listed under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and its medical use is restricted to people taking part in clinical trials or those who get an exemption.
• 2/13/2023

  Nova Scotia will not meet its pledge to reduce surgical backlog by February

  The Progressive Conservatives promised shortly after the August 2021 election that they would cut the backlog to 12,000 people within 18 months—by February 2023.
• 2/13/2023

  Major parties support quick passage of Liberal law delaying assisted dying expansion

  Members of Parliament began debating the bill on Monday, and it is expected to pass quickly, before a mid-March deadline.