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- 1/17/2023
New alcohol guidance focuses on continuum of risk, suggests warning labels
The advice updates Canada's guidelines set in 2011, when two drinks a day were considered low risk and it was believed that women could safely consume up to 10 drinks a week and men could have 15. - 1/16/2023
POLL: What do you think of Ontario's plan to use private providers?
With major ongoing pressure on the province's hospital system, the Ontario government announced Monday it plans to publicly fund certain private providers to speed up access to MRIs, CT scans and colonoscopies among other procedures. - 1/16/2023
Officials promise changes at Montreal hospital after ER nurse protest
More than 90 of 115 nurses in the hospital's ER signed a petition demanding the unit chief resign. - 1/16/2023
POLL: What do you think of Ontario's plan to leverage private providers?
With major ongoing pressure on the province's hospital system, the Ontario government announced Monday it plans to publicly fund certain private providers to speed up access to MRIs, CT scans, colonoscopies and more. - 1/16/2023
New report on imposed sterilization raises issues of systemic racism in Quebec
Among the 35 testimonies from First Nations and Inuit women included in the study, there were 22 cases of forced sterilization occurring between 1980 and 2019. - 1/16/2023
Tentative contract reached for thousands of health support workers in B.C.
The BC General Employees' Union and Health Employers Association announced the agreement Monday, saying it was reached early Sunday morning. - 1/16/2023
Smith says no COVID-19 pardons because Canadian system doesn't work like the U.S.
Last week, in a scrum with reporters, Smith repeated that she was talking to prosecutors but didn't mention she had asked them to consider factors unique to the COVID-19 cases. - 1/16/2023
Sexual assault trial of Manitoba doctor delayed due to missing evidence
Dr. Arcel Bissonnette is facing 22 sexual assault charges for alleged offences against several female patients when he worked in Ste. Anne, a town southeast of Winnipeg. - 1/16/2023
Heritage hearing set for home of Nova Scotia's first Black doctor
Dr. Ligoure's story was brought to light in the 1980s by artist and historian David Woods, who was doing research for Black History Month at the Nova Scotia Public Archives. - 1/15/2023
Ontario's College of Physicians and Surgeons limits building access after threats
The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario says it has been receiving up to 200 emails a month consisting of serious threats against staff and council members.