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Premier Wab Kinew says Prairie Mountain Health, which covers a large portion of western Manitoba, has been using more-costly private nurses and must focus more on nurses in the public health system.

The 269-page report was done by a government-appointed panel and calls for limits on COVID-19 vaccines and for health professionals not to be punished for promoting alternative treatments.

Health Minister Mark Holland is meeting with provincial and territorial health ministers in Halifax this week.

New gender-neutral payment models aim to fix male-female MD compensation divide.

The report, issued Friday, comes from a panel appointed by Premier Danielle Smith in 2022 to look at how data was collected and used to respond to COVID-19.

Suddenly heading into an early election, the Ontario government just announced $1.4 billion in additional funding to help patients access primary care. While vague on how exactly the money will be spend, the focus on healthcare teams was clear.

Last March, the Globe and Mail and CBC News reported on allegations that some pharmacists in B.C. were paying vulnerable patients around $50 a week to use their services.

The head of a Crown corporation that funded the care of a B.C. woman with Down syndrome who died of starvation said the organization ‘failed her,’ after an inquest jury ruled the death a homicide and called for better pay for home carers of adults with developmental disabilities.