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- 12/16/2021
Taking action on Omicron: What different provinces are doing
This week, almost every Canadian province and territory made updates to its plans to deal with COVID-19 and the latest variant—find your province's latest news here. - 12/16/2021
Food for thought on retirement for doctors
You need a plan. The “sugar rush of retirement”—the roughly six-month period of euphoria newly-retired people feel from their unstructured lives free of obligations—wears off and then what will you do? - 12/16/2021
Quebec orders shops, bars, restaurants, churches to operate at 50% capacity
COVID-19 vaccination is no longer enough to prevent Quebec's health system from becoming overwhelmed, and Quebecers must reduce their contacts by half, Premier Francois Legault said Thursday. - 12/16/2021
Nova Scotia reports record 394 COVID cases, as Halifax hospital delays some surgeries
A hospital in Halifax is postponing some non-urgent surgeries because staff members are isolating after being exposed to COVID-19. - 12/15/2021
Can health education and promotion be part of schools’ curriculum?
During the pandemic many patients stopped coming to clinics for one-day coughs and simple cases that probably didn’t need a doctor. How should we think about those cases going forward, Dr. Jabir Jassam wonders. - 12/15/2021
Nova Scotia spending $1.3 million to expand virtual-care platform to entire province after successful pilot
The free program is delivered through Maple—a Canadian virtual-care platform—with primary care providers from the province. - 12/15/2021
Saskatchewan expands booster shots to more residents to slow spread of Omicron
Premier Scott Moe says all eligible residents over the age of 18 can get their third dose starting Monday. - 12/15/2021
700 Alberta pharmacies to begin distributing free boxes of rapid tests
The tests will be on a first-come, first-served basis. - 12/15/2021
Ontarians scramble to get free rapid antigen tests in provincial holiday test blitz
The mad dash of people flocking to pop-up locations in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area was reminiscent of the early-pandemic hunt for toilet paper.