Supreme Court dismisses B.C. doctor's appeal in challenge over access to private health care
Decision ends Dr. Brian Day's 14-year legal battle to allow patients to go private if wait times are too long Canada's highest court will...
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Apr 3, 20232 min read
BC and Telus in Talks on Health Care Extra-Billing
Government’s injunction request on hold as ‘discussions’ with corporation continue. Telus and B.C.’s Medical Services Commission are...
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Mar 31, 20232 min read
Family doctor shortage creates stress for patients, communities — and physicians
Even offering generous housing and cash incentives, communities struggle to recruit doctors For the first time in his 81 years, Hugh...
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Mar 1, 20232 min read
Canada’s health care deal: A look at the numbers and the provinces on board so far
The federal government is injecting tens of billions of dollars into Canada’s struggling health care systems, but before they can acquire...
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Feb 28, 20231 min read
B.C. and Ottawa reach $27-billion health funding agreement
LANGLEY, B.C. — Millions in immediate federal funding will make a difference in the "acute situation" in British Columbia's hospitals,...
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Feb 20, 20232 min read
Corporate ownership of medical clinics raises worries, including privacy
Opinion: It may be too late for governments to regulate this quiet takeover of a key health-care sector Over the past decade or so, both...
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Feb 20, 20232 min read
A maternity care crisis in Kamloops
The Thompson Region Family Obstetrics clinic is facing challenges with medical staff recruitment and may close Interior Health said it is...
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Feb 19, 20232 min read
B.C.’s changes to prescription rules have reduced family doctor calls
Starting Jan. 1, pharmacies can prescribe medication for these conditions at no cost to patients The number of British Columbians getting...
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Feb 8, 20232 min read
‘Hitting a wall’: Victoria doctor fed up after B.C. fails to pay her for an entire month
Dr. Emanuela Tura says B.C. didn’t pay her for January, MSP says it’s a ‘glitch’ A Victoria-based family doctor says the B.C. government...
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Feb 6, 20232 min read
Canadian family doctors facing 'red tape' coming to B.C.
Provincial licensing and regulatory procedures are dissuading family doctors from coming to B.C., according to a family doctor who...
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Sep 9, 20221 min read
Nurses at Cook Street health co-op are taking patients
Community health co-operative in Cook Street Village in Fairfield says it has three registered nurses who can handle many health concerns...
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Jan 1, 20201 min read
Goodbye MSP premiums and single-use plastics: Several new laws take effect this year in B.C.
British Columbians will ring in the new year with no MSP premiums, tougher pollution rules, a hefty vaping tax, and a single-use plastics...
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