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• 1/31/2024

  Federal health minister criticizes new Alberta rules on transgender youth

  Mark Holland says one of the main reasons why children commit suicide is due to questions and apprehensions around their sexual identity.
• 1/31/2024

  Ontario to add 400 new primary care providers to deal with staffing shortage

  There are currently 1.3 million people in Ontario without a primary care provider, which includes nurse-practitioner led clinics, the province said.
• 1/31/2024

  New Brunswick’s only private abortion provider announces it is closing its doors

  Its medical director, Dr. Adrian Edgar, said he could no longer afford the rent because the province does not fund abortions performed outside the hospital.
• 1/31/2024

  Backlash to transgender healthcare isn’t new—but the faulty science used to justify it has changed to meet the times

  In the past century, there have been three waves of opposition to transgender healthcare.
• 1/31/2024

  ‘Completely overwhelmed’: Family doctors in Alberta take concerns to social media

  Physicians shared their stories, one each hour for 24 hours on X and on Facebook as part of a campaign by the Alberta Medical Association.
• 1/31/2024

  UPDATED: Liberals delay expansion of assisted dying eligibility until 2027

  Health Minister Mark Holland introduced legislation this morning that would delay the change until well after the next federal election, scheduled for 2025.
• 1/31/2024

  Alberta announces major changes to transgender policies around healthcare, schools and sport

  The president of the Alberta Teachers' Association said he was worried about how the changes would affect the safety of some of the province's most vulnerable students.
• 1/30/2024

  Manulife, Loblaw need to ‘get the message’ on competition following deal: minister

  Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne said Wednesday the arrangement, which affects around 260 medications meant to treat complex, chronic or life-threatening conditions, is not in line with ‘the direction we want to see.’
• 1/30/2024

  Canada’s fertility rate hit all-time low in 2022, Statistics Canada says

  StatCan says it puts Canada in the middle of the pack of 10 high-income countries, which includes those in the G7.
• 1/30/2024

  EBay will pay US$59 million settlement over pill presses sold online as U.S. undergoes overdose epidemic

  The machines can be used to manufacture counterfeit pills that look just like prescription pills but instead can be laced with substances like fentanyl.