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The association says about 16% of medications used in Canada come from the U.S.

Amanda Moppett-Beatch, whose 11-year-old son receives regular outpatient cancer treatments, including lumbar punctures, told the Canadian Press items like ginger ale provide him essential relief.

Closing the evidence-based harm-reduction programs will create more strain for overwhelmed emergency departments, the doctors note.

Professionals must now witness the consumption of hydromorphone and other safer supply prescriptions—and the sudden change in rules, with little accompanying guidance has made for a lot of extra work.

The mayor of a B.C. town of some 22,000 residents says his phone has been ringing off the hook with questions from other towns in the province curious to learn more about the municipal-run clinic and how it has attracted three new doctors to the area.

Health Minister Josie Osborne says the government wants to ensure that all authorities are best positioned to tackle the ‘complex challenges’ facing the healthcare system.

‘It has become clear that truth and transparency are not desired by the Secretary, but rather he wishes subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.’

In an editorial published in the CMAJ on Monday, editor-in-chief Kirsten Patrick said it’s important for medical journals to stand up for science and condemn the erosion of public health surveillance and data collection south of the border.