Legislative, Regulatory & Legal

Doctors can’t remember every medical procedure they do, and a judge found compelling this surgeon’s argument that the risks are always outlined.

If granted royal assent, Bill C-31 would provide qualifying families with children under the age of 12 with up to $650 per child each year to pay for dental care services, depending on their household income.

CBC reported this week that a 26-year-old woman who went to the Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital last month after she had been raped was told there were no available nurses trained to perform the rape kit procedure.

Pharmacy personnel can identify and report unusual requests for chemicals that might be used to make drugs, say RCMP. 

Many Manitoba schools already offer menstrual products for free, but the new arrangement will ensure uniformity across the province, Families Minister Rochelle Squires said Wednesday.

Ceciley White says her 81-year-old sister is in a hospital in Brockville, Ont., with a gallbladder problem.

The province says couples will not be separated and that religious, ethnic and language preferences will be respected.

Beta Therapeutics isn't the first in the province to go this route. A family physician at another clinic, Perpetual Health Centre, is charging new patients $125 a month starting Nov. 1.