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- 1/10/2022
Phoenix from the ashes: B.C. pharmacist builds back from scratch after a fire destroys original location
In late 2020, Nelli Jakac’s Pharmasave Pharmacy caught fire along with other businesses on the block. Before the next year was out, she was back in business. - 1/10/2022
Quebec public health director resigns, cities erosion of public opinion over measures
Quebec's director of public health, Dr. Horacio Arruda, tendered his resignation on Monday, citing an erosion in public trust as the province grapples with record hospitalizations during a fifth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. - 1/10/2022
Town hall to launch Neighbourhood Pharmacies' new 2022-24 strategic plan, Investing in Access
The Neighbourhood Pharmacy Association of Canada has released its 2022-2024 Strategic Plan, “Investing in Access.” - 1/10/2022
Internationally trained nurses to work in Ontario hospitals to ease staff crunch
Christine Elliott said more than 1,200 applicants had expressed interest in the programs that would see the internationally trained professionals deployed where extra help is needed, under the supervision of another regulated health-care provider. - 1/10/2022
Low rate of false-positive rapid antigen test results in Canadian workplaces
Study investigates the incidence of false-positives in a large sample of SARS-CoV-2 rapid antigen tests used to screen asymptomatic workers throughout Canada. - 1/10/2022
Pig heart recipient continues to recover from transplant
Bennett, 57, received the highly experimental transplant last Friday at the University of Maryland Medical Center. Doctors gave him the genetically modified pig heart as a last-ditch effort to save his life. - 1/10/2022
Quebec to force unvaccinated to pay 'significant' financial penalty
Adult Quebecers who won't get vaccinated and don't have a medical exemption will be forced to pay a health "contribution,'' Quebec Premier Francois Legault told reporters on Tuesday. - 1/10/2022
Tory legislator Jeff Yurek to resign Elgin Middlesex London seat next month
ormer environment minister—and pharmacist—Jeff Yurek says he will resign his seat in the Ontario legislature next month. - 1/9/2022
Canadian politician lampooned for pic of wife shoveling driveway after 12-hour hospital shift
Many had one question: Why wasn't he the one shoveling the driveway in the freezing Winnipeg weather?