Health Policy News

Marshall Smith has filed a statement of claim alleging defamation against former Alberta Health Services head Athana Mentzelopoulos, the Globe and Mail, and an unidentified person believed to be a former AHS board member.

The health authority in Nova Scotia says it is seeking the power to issue $500 tickets to unauthorized vehicles that take advantage of free parking at hospitals.

Currently, Manitoba and Ontario are the only two provinces that don’t allow pharmacists to prescribe birth control.

The budget made specific mention of considering new Any-Able-and-Willing-Provider legislation.

The case is the latest consequence of abortion bans introduced in some states since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade three years ago.

The tax added 20 cents per litre to sugary drinks, including pop, sweetened fruit-flavoured juices, slushies and non-diet fountain sodas.

Rule changes designed to reduce opioid overdose deaths in British Columbia in 2016 inadvertently harmed cancer and palliative-care patients by reducing their access to pain killers, a new study has found.

Premier David Eby also announced that applications from U.S.-trained nurses have increased by 127% after the BC College of Nurses and Midwives introduced a new streamlined registration process.