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Prosecutor: Paramedics killed man by strapping him facedown
Illinois authorities filed the charges against Peggy Finley and Peter Cadigan on Jan. 9, nearly a month after 35-year-old Earl Moore died.
U.S. feds to investigate nursing home abuse of antipsychotics
Evidence has mounted over decades that some facilities wrongly diagnose residents with schizophrenia or administer antipsychotic drugs to sedate them.

Poaching of staff top concern for Ontario hospitals over new surgical centres: OHA

Anthony Dale says the new model of care will take a ton of work and presents many risks along the way.
As calls start pouring in, some independent Ont. pharmacies still getting organized on minor ailments

Ontario pharmacists now have the power to prescribe for minor ailments—but some are concerned about the hurdles independent pharmacies face in implementing it.
So, how does this new prescribing thing work? Your peers across Canada share their experience

Some Ontario pharmacists aren’t quite sure what their new ability to assess and, if appropriate, prescribe for minor ailments would look like in actual practice.
Officials promise changes at Montreal hospital after ER nurse protest

More than 90 of 115 nurses in the hospital's ER signed a petition demanding the unit chief resign.
New report on imposed sterilization raises issues of systemic racism in Quebec

Among the 35 testimonies from First Nations and Inuit women included in the study, there were 22 cases of forced sterilization occurring between 1980 and 2019.
Tentative contract reached for thousands of health support workers in B.C.

The BC General Employees' Union and Health Employers Association announced the agreement Monday, saying it was reached early Sunday morning.
Smith says no COVID-19 pardons because Canadian system doesn't work like the U.S.

Last week, in a scrum with reporters, Smith repeated that she was talking to prosecutors but didn't mention she had asked them to consider factors unique to the COVID-19 cases.
Sexual assault trial of Manitoba doctor delayed due to missing evidence

Dr. Arcel Bissonnette is facing 22 sexual assault charges for alleged offences against several female patients when he worked in Ste. Anne, a town southeast of Winnipeg.