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Dr. Seonaid Nolan, an addictions-medicine physician with Providence Health Care, says people at the highest risk, who would sometimes have to wait weeks to access detox, are now able to get it in days.

Under the change, nurses who complete such contracts will have to wait for one year before they can be hired again as a travel nurse.

'I recognize that many of our specialists are feeling undervalued,' said family physician Dr. Charlene Lui, who is set to step into her new role on January 1, 2024. 'I commit to addressing the issues of all B.C. doctors, specialists and family physicians alike.'

The pilot project will look to place 1,500 asylum seekers in healthcare jobs over the next three years, the minister said.

Now 63, Mike Sommers of Red Deer Alta. details a life complicated by the use of many substances that started with sniffing glue at 14.

The organization has created updated guidelines for what all pharmacists should have, know and do in case of disaster.

Community pharmacies in the province have until June 1, 2025 to comply with revised practice standards mandating counselling rooms and a sink with faucet in the dispensary.

The agreement hammered out with state and local governments and victims would provide billions of dollars to combat the opioid epidemic.