Licensing

Dr. Jeffrey Gennady Kolbasnik of Milton, Ont., was convicted in 2020 of sexually assaulting a housekeeper at the hospital where he worked.

The CPSA's discipline tribunal upholds its not-guilty finding in the case of Dr. Keith Oneil Martin—the same doctor found guilty last year of biting a nurse.

The return-of-service program announced in March 2021 is now open for applications, with $6 million in benefits for 60 family doctors over the next three years.

New Brunswick is now allowing pharmacists to renew prescriptions at no charge to patients, for as long as they feel it is appropriate. 

Sameh Yassa, an Ontario pharmacist and designated manager, committed serious offences, given the high risk that methadone poses to patients and to the public, said the Ontario College of Pharmacists’ discipline committee.

Family medicine is heading to a crisis, says Dr. Jabir Jassam. What are the reasons behind family medicine’s deterioration?

Over the last three weeks, two walk-in clinics have announced plans to close while a third one will be pivoting to a 'doctor-of-the-day' model. This will leave thousands of patients of patients orphaned in a region with only one doctor for every 550 patients.

Final two Natural Health Products, ephedrine and pseudoephedrine, will be delisted in early 2024.