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OCP issues RFP for external governance review to tackle board disfunction
In September, the college approved a motion to initiate an external third-party governance review over an increase in ‘behaviours indicative of board discord and a breakdown of trust.’
A winding journey from pharmacist to family physician
In her career as a pharmacist, Pauwlina Cyca felt she was affecting a lot of people's lives in a positive way. ‘That's part of what drove me to family medicine in the first place.’

B.C. doctors comparing H5N1 virus that infected teen with that of Louisiana patient

The analysis is intended ro help to assess how easily the virus adapts and transmits between animals and humans.
As walking pneumonia rates drop among Canadian children, flu and RSV are back

Dr. Kirstin Weerdenburg, a pediatric emergency physician at Halifax’s IWK Health Centre, says she’s diagnosed more walking pneumonia cases in the past six months than she has in her more than 15-year career.
Webinar offers opportunity to exchange medication safety incidents with colleagues

The hour-long webinar, set to take place on Jan. 29 at 12 p.m. ET, will provide the opportunity for physicians and pharmacists to share and discuss incident reports, trends and emerging issues in medication safety.
Trudeau prorogues parliament, putting proposed capital gains changes in limbo

Now that prorogation has killed the tax measures that were stalled in Parliament, there is a possibility that these proposals could be dead for good if the government falls before reintroducing them.
Doctors worry that iodine deficiency—a dietary problem from the past—is coming back

Although most people are still getting enough, researchers have increasingly been reporting low levels of iodine in pregnant women and other people, raising concerns about an impact on their newborns.
Healthcare dominated Alberta lobbying registry in 2024

Alberta Health was the target of 135 new lobbying registrations this year, more than any other provincial ministry.
Quebec emergency rooms reporting major overcrowding, some at more than 200% capacity

Around midday, Montreal General Hospital was at 213% ER capacity; the Jewish General Hospital was reporting 209% capacity; and the Royal Victoria Hospital, part of the McGill University Health Centre, was listed at 203%.
Case of B.C. teen with avian flu shows ‘worrisome’ mutation of virus

In a letter published in the New England Journal of Medicine Tuesday, Canadian health officials identified changes in the viral genome sequence of specimens collected from the teenager who tested positive for avian flu and was treated in Vancouver.