Health in the News

A Deloitte report commissioned by the Canadian Association of Radiologists says chronic underinvestment in Canada's medical imaging fleet is creating long waits for diagnostic services and delaying care across the health system. The article says…

An Alberta College of Pharmacy tribunal disciplined Calgary pharmacist Wei (David) Ruan after he admitted to five allegations of unprofessional conduct tied to methadone prescribing and dispensing practices at eRx Pharmacy. The tribunal found he…

Travel nurses filling staffing shortages in rural Saskatchewan facilities say Ontario-based agency EZCare hasn't paid them for months, raising concerns about continuity and reliability in contracted care staffing. One nurse working in the…

Ontario directed more public funding to for-profit surgical and medical imaging facilities, with more than $4 billion invested over eight years and $280 million committed over the last three years since Bill 60 was passed in 2023. The article…

Canada’s federal health minister raised concerns about Alberta’s dual-practice health-care model, which is scheduled to begin in Sept. under Bill 11. The law allows some physicians to work in both private and public care settings, a change…

The federal government announced a $2.4 million investment through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research to establish a Network Environments for Indigenous Health Research centre in Yukon. Based in Whitehorse and led by Dr. Norma Ann Shorty…

Teva Canada is recalling two lots of Teva-Pregabalin 150 mg capsules in Canada after routine testing found possible contamination with sertraline. Health Canada said patients with a hypersensitivity or allergy to sertraline could experience side…

Lilly Canada issued a public safety warning that retatrutide, an investigational molecule in Phase 3 clinical trials for obesity, type 2 diabetes and related indications, hasn't been approved by Health Canada or any other regulator and cannot be…

Ontario’s Ministry of Health is disputing CUPE hospital union claims that the province’s hospital system is underfunded by $5 billion compared with the rest of Canada. CUPE says Sudbury hospitals need an additional $105 million and 1,079 more…

The Ontario government announced $20.8 million in operational funding for Niagara Health sites across the Niagara region and Hotel Dieu Shaver Health and Rehabilitation Centre in St. Catharines. According to the article, the funding will help…

Manitoba opened its first supervised consumption site at 366 Henry Ave. in downtown Winnipeg, operating five days a week after delays and location changes. The province says the site will allow people to consume drugs under trained staff…

New Brunswick’s Official Languages Commissioner is investigating a complaint filed in early July after Virtual Care NB users were unable to access French-language services for multiple days. Francophone patients saw no available appointment dates…

Quebec’s health ministry is keeping its recommendation that colorectal cancer screening for average-risk, asymptomatic individuals at age 50 rather than 45, despite calls from the Canadian Cancer Society and other experts to lower the age. The…

Alberta has begun allowing patients to privately book diagnostic imaging tests without a doctor's referral and pay up front, with provincial reimbursement available only if the test leads to a previously undiagnosed cancer finding. The policy is…

A report from the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions says hospitals in Windsor and Chatham-Kent are short $128 million and 1,266 staff, with bed occupancy at 90.5%, above the safe level of 80%. The report also says local health-care institutions…

Architecture49 will provide architectural and engineering services for a medical countermeasures laboratory facility in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The lab will be co-located with the National Microbiology Laboratory and is intended to expand Canada's…