Legislative, Regulatory & Legal

Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy’s budget, tabled Thursday, contains two lines on the Ontario Autism Program, including touting the new funding.

Marshall Smith has filed a statement of claim alleging defamation against former Alberta Health Services head Athana Mentzelopoulos, the Globe and Mail, and an unidentified person believed to be a former AHS board member.

The hospital in the small Ontario community of Walkerton usually wasn’t busy but it suddenly got inundated with patients experiencing severe diarrhea, vomiting and abdominal pain. The first cases were reported on May 17, 2000.

The health authority in Nova Scotia says it is seeking the power to issue $500 tickets to unauthorized vehicles that take advantage of free parking at hospitals.

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Currently, Manitoba and Ontario are the only two provinces that don’t allow pharmacists to prescribe birth control.

The budget made specific mention of considering new Any-Able-and-Willing-Provider legislation.

The case is the latest consequence of abortion bans introduced in some states since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade three years ago.