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Federal health spending has outpaced provinces, analysis shows
The findings stand in stark contrast to the rhetoric that has punctuated federal and provincial health negotiations over the last several years, as health systems struggled in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Son of man who died in N.B. ER says premier using death to score ‘political points’
Ryan Mesheau said he was taken aback by the premier’s recent vow to shield healthcare workers from legal action in response to a lawsuit filed by the Mesheau family alleging their father died because he received inadequate care.

Quebec nurses threaten to stop working overtime as talks continue for new contract

The union says the government’s latest offer, made this week, is nothing more than ‘smoke and mirrors.
Health authorities reach tentative deal with 9,000 workers in Nova Scotia

The new contract applies to workers in 185 different jobs, including physiotherapists, lab staff, psychologists, continuing care assistants, social workers and pharmacists.
Ultraprocessed foods are everywhere. How bad are they?

Here's what several nutrition experts said.
‘We were expendable’: Downwinders from world's 1st atomic test are on a mission to tell their story

The story of the survivors of the world’s first atomic blast is little known. But that’s changing as the documentary ‘First We Bombed New Mexico’ racks up awards from film festivals across the United States.
Health Canada says expired COVID tests are still good

Tests that show an expiration date of April 2024 were given a six-month extension by Health Canada. These tests will be ‘safe and effective’ until at least October.
High cost of travel nurses helps drive deficit forecast in New Brunswick

Healthcare costs for projected budget are expected to be $164 million more than anticipated.
Manitoba doctor sentenced to 12 years in prison for sex assaults

Dr. Arcel Bissonnette was convicted last year of sexually assaulting five patients and pleaded guilty earlier this year to the sex assaults of two others.
Doctors, nurses say Alberta plan to transfer hospitals alarming and concerning

Dr. Paul Parks, president of the AMA, said Premier Danielle Smith’s government needs to share its data and show why third-party providers might be better suited to run some facilities than Alberta Health Services.