Legislative, Regulatory & Legal

Minister Adrian Dix said the College of Pharmacists of BC will be responsible for ensuring its registrants comply with the new regulation.

The new regulations tabled Wednesday would prevent the sale of vape products in flavours other than tobacco, cap the nicotine content to 20 milligrams per millilitre, and limit the size of capsules and refill containers.

Canada has a surplus of the main ingredient for infant formula, but without a market for the product, dairy producers say a lot of it is either going to waste or being sold on the cheap as animal feed.

The timing of this year's Cross-Border Crime Forum is still unconfirmed, but U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas are expected to attend.

The Saskatchewan NDP says healthcare workers are being muzzled after employees at a small-town hospital were told in an internal memo not to speak with elected leaders about their concerns.

A Saskatchewan doctor has been charged with unprofessional conduct after allegedly sending a fax to a pharmacy that disparaged homeless people and cancelled a patient’s prescription to punish the pharmacy for serving a local homeless encampment.

Concern over potential drug shortages arose after a Texas-based doctor licensed in Nova Scotia wrote 17,000 prescriptions for Ozempic over three months, but for people living in the United States.

Advertising, training, roles and background checks: Alberta pharmacists need to wrap their heads around some regulation changes that came into place last year.