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How long until politicians address the root causes, wonders Dr. Jabir Jassam.

Alberta NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi is calling for four investigations and for Premier Danielle Smith to answer questions on what he calls unprecedented allegations of high-level corruption into medical purchases and surgery contracts.

Dr. Jess Wilder, a co-founder of the group Doctors for Safer Drug Policy, says in a resignation letter dated Feb. 5 that she’s leaving her positions with Island Health ‘immediately.’

Back in November, the province began rolling back service compensation fees for initial patient assessments and cutting the number of annual care plan follow-up appointments for which pharmacists can be reimbursed for.

Rankings of universities that offer medicine and dentistry show Canadians schools near the top.

A Ministry of Health investigative unit says a ‘significant portion of opioids prescribed by doctors and pharmacists in British Columbia are being diverted—and prescribed alternatives are being trafficked provincially, nationally and internationally.

The commissioner, Shirley MacLean, says in her annual report released last month that the complaints highlight how evolving technology can be problematic if language rights are not taken into consideration.

Political tension among Americans could offer an opportunity to recruit.