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Interior Health fined after hospital workers exposed to illicit substance
A notice posted online by WorkSafeBC, the province’s worker protection agency, says the $274,073 fine imposed in August was the result of an incident in which two workers were sickened after a noxious odour was detected in a patient’s room.
Meet Dr. Dominick Shelton: Our Q&A with the interim dean of recruitment and admissions at the TMU’s School of Medicine
‘It just warms my heart to see young Black faces with the stethoscopes around their necks. We’re still underrepresented in the field of medicine, but like I said, it's going in the right direction.’

Neighbourly continues expansion, acquires five more pharmacies

The company says the acquisitions are set to close ‘in the coming weeks, pending customary regulatory approvals’.
Inside CFPC’s advocacy to reduce DTC form and other admin time

The group says it got a good reception in meetings with the CRA and MPs about the Disability Tax Credit form and other admin burdens on FPs.
Alberta introduces bills affecting transgender people, pronouns at school

Moments after the legislation was introduced in the legislature, LGBTQ+ organizations Egale and Skipping Stone Foundation announced they will be taking legal action, calling it discriminatory.
Researchers say an AI-powered transcription tool used in U.S. hospitals invents things no one ever said

There has been a rush by U.S. medical centres to utilize Whisper-based tools to transcribe patients’ consultations with doctors, despite OpenAI’ s warnings that the tool should not be used in ‘high-risk domains.’
B.C. judge urgently halts assisted death of Alberta woman, day before MAID procedure

The injunction granted on Saturday to the woman’s common-law partner prevents Dr. Ellen Wiebe or any other medical professional from helping end the life of the 53-year-old Alberta woman within 30 days.
‘Somebody should be paying attention’: Ontario has no healthcare plan for alcohol harms as sales expand

Thursday marks the province’s final stage of opening up the alcohol sales market as grocery stores that are not already selling booze can stock their shelves with beer, wine and coolers.
Apple Watches can now help detect sleep apnea

Sleep apnea is one of the most underdiagnosed sleep disorders.
Alzheimer Society supports advance MAiD requests, but also good dementia care

As of Oct. 30, people with dementia in Quebec are allowed to make advance requests for MAiD, before they lose the capacity to provide informed consent.