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Canada's residential addiction programs need national standards: expert
Rebecca Jesseman, policy director at the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction, says while health and safety standards for such facilities exist, there are no national standards when it comes to the quality of treatments or qualifications of those providing services.
JUDGEMENT: Pharmacists who got exclusive referrals from compassionate program should have known this was unfair
The case of Montreal pharmacists Helène Massicotte and Christine Larivière draws parallels to a recent one involving another Montreal pharmacist, Michael Assaraf, who was fined close to $100,000 for offences that included getting exclusive referrals through programs managed by McKesson Canada.

Second lawsuit arises against pharmacy that allegedly reused syringe barrels

The class-action lawsuit centres around the fact that between Aug. 24 and Aug. 26 some patients at Kent Pharmacy received COVID-19 vaccines with reused syringes.
QUIZ: Test your knowledge on seniors' fitness to drive

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted driver's tests, vision care and in-person medical assessments for Canadian seniors. How much do you know about assessing their fitness to drive?
Plans for more med schools in Canada: Where will the residency spots come from?

In 2012, unmatched R-1 residency applicants totalled 24. That number has increased each subsequent year, peaking to 166 in 2018.
You missed a spot: Doc sanctioned for posting practice restriction signs in some areas and not others

Dr. Lisa Dearman, who practices in Wolfville, N.S., was too upset to read the reprimand in its entirety. That's understandable but it's no excuse, said the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia.
Owner of Quebec town's one and only pharmacy pleads guilty to falsifying prescriptions and cocaine use

To avoid disruption to pharmacy services in the city of Port Cartier, the Ordre des pharmaciens du Québec has postponed sanctions against Mohamed Madi to January 2022.
Pharmacist groups prepare for integration of new pharmacy techs

Preparations already underway as first cohort of pharmacy technician students start courses in Quebec.
Fake doctor caught in sting operation injecting guests at Botox-and-filler party gets sent back to jail

After a four-and-a-half year saga that saw undercover investigators at a private party, stalling tactics that included claims of possibly being sick with COVID-19, and allegations of mistreatment in jail, Maria Ezzati has lost her bid for a serve-at-home conditional sentence.
Optometrists to resume eye exams for kids and seniors as job action is paused

The optometrists withdrew provincially insured eye services on Sept. 1 in a funding dispute with the province.

Canada's residential addiction programs need national standards: expert

JUDGEMENT: Pharmacists who got exclusive referrals from compassionate program should have known this was unfair

Second lawsuit arises against pharmacy that allegedly reused syringe barrels

QUIZ: Test your knowledge on seniors' fitness to drive

Plans for more med schools in Canada: Where will the residency spots come from?

You missed a spot: Doc sanctioned for posting practice restriction signs in some areas and not others

Owner of Quebec town's one and only pharmacy pleads guilty to falsifying prescriptions and cocaine use

Pharmacist groups prepare for integration of new pharmacy techs

Fake doctor caught in sting operation injecting guests at Botox-and-filler party gets sent back to jail

Optometrists to resume eye exams for kids and seniors as job action is paused