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South of the border, President-elect Donald Trump is busy making selects for his administration. Here’s a look at Dr. Mehmet Oz, a television doctor who became a politician.

The bill, if passed, would also require municipalities to get the health minister’s approval to apply for an exemption from the federal government to launch new supervised consumption sites.

The Canadian Mental Health Association says 2.5 million people say they can’t get the care they need.

Adriana LaGrange announced Monday that hospitals now run by Alberta Health Services and Covenant Health would answer to the new agency, Acute Care Alberta, once it's running.

‘We stand by TMU and any other medical school that is facing undue pressure to uphold past discriminatory admissions approaches,’ the association said.

The Ontario Health Coalition is wrong to attack physicians’ innovative efforts to address patient demand, says Dr. Merrilee Fullerton.

Dr. Harley Eisman, interim medical director of pediatric emergency services at Montreal Children’s Hospital, says the increase in patients is due to seasonal viruses spreading at the same time as walking pneumonia cases.

Doctors on Vancouver Island say they’re setting up unsanctioned overdose prevention sites on the grounds of Nanaimo General and Royal Jubilee hospitals this week because the B.C. government hasn’t lived up to its promise to set aside space for the sites.