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B.C. to spend $50 million expanding access to anti-overdose nasal naloxone kits
A statement from the province's health ministry says injectable take-home naloxone kits have averted nearly 40,000 deaths since 2019.
Canada should work to recruit bilingual health workers, Senate report says
Antoine Désilets, executive director of Société Santé en français, told the committee that two-thirds of francophones outside Quebec reported having only partial access to French-language health services, or none at all, in a 2022 Health Canada consultation.

B.C. budget delays care homes, hospital and cancer facility, student housing

British Columbia’s budget is hurting the young, the old and cancer patients alike as government construction undergoes what the government says is a ‘re-pacing’ to address fiscal pressures.
PrescribeIT being shut down due to low adoption rates as Infoway looks to promote open e-prescribing standard

Canada Health Infoway says PrescribeIT ‘has not reached the scale required to support long-term sustainability,’ and will shut down the service on May 29, 2026.
PrescribeIT set to shut down in mid-2026, Globe and Mail reports

PrescribeIT, the federal e-prescribing tool designed to replace fax machines, is set to shut later this year, more than a year after the introduction of a controversial transaction fee.
CMA survey finds more patients getting health misinformation from AI sources

Of the survey respondents, 64% said they encountered health information online that they later learned was false or misleading—occasionally, often or all the time.
What Ontario doctors should know about billing OHIP for residents and students amid Dr. Elaine Ma’s court battle

Amid the court battle between Dr. Elaine Ma and OHIP over a mass vaccination clinic involving medical residents and students, here’s what doctors in Ontario should know about billing while supervising or delegating services to trainees.
‘Not a partisan issue’: Health minister plans to launch national strategy on men's health

The upcoming launch of a national strategy on men's and boys' health is a positive sign that men's well-being is becoming part of the mainstream conversation in Canada, advocates say—even as they warn that it should not become partisan political fodder.
Manitoba introduces expedited pathway to licensure for pharmacists from U.S. and U.K.

As of December 2025, pharmacists who hold licences to practice in the U.S., Australia, United Kingdom, New Zealand and Ireland are eligible for licensure through the College of Pharmacists of Manitoba’s Streamlined Registration pathway.
Can Ontario’s FHO+ model save the comprehensive care career?

With administrative billing, the elimination of negation, and an estimated 18% pay bump, Ontario’s new physician services agreement aims to turn the tide on doctor burnout.

B.C. to spend $50 million expanding access to anti-overdose nasal naloxone kits

Canada should work to recruit bilingual health workers, Senate report says

B.C. budget delays care homes, hospital and cancer facility, student housing

PrescribeIT being shut down due to low adoption rates as Infoway looks to promote open e-prescribing standard

PrescribeIT set to shut down in mid-2026, Globe and Mail reports

CMA survey finds more patients getting health misinformation from AI sources

What Ontario doctors should know about billing OHIP for residents and students amid Dr. Elaine Ma’s court battle

‘Not a partisan issue’: Health minister plans to launch national strategy on men's health

Manitoba introduces expedited pathway to licensure for pharmacists from U.S. and U.K.

Can Ontario’s FHO+ model save the comprehensive care career?