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Shortage of estrogen patches in B.C. but officials say not to worry

Mar. 5, 2026 — Global News

B.C. health officials say there is a shortage of estrogen patches in the province, but say there are other options available. “I write a lot of…

B.C. sets aside $50M to expand access to nasal naloxone to prevent overdose deaths

Feb. 20, 2026 — Vancouver Sun

The B.C. government will spend $50 million to expand access to nasal naloxone across the province over two years in a bid to…

Complaint prompts recall of birth control pills prescribed in Canada

Feb. 16, 2026 — CTV News

Two brands of birth control pills prescribed in Canada have been recalled due to packaging error. The public advisory posted late last week…

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Four years after the deadly wildfire swept through the British Columbian village of Lytton, its residents are trying to rebuild. While the community had reestablished a health clinic, staffed by rotating shifts of doctors, nurses and even a pharmacist, the village still lacked essentials such as…

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If Canada is serious about patient safety, access, and accountability, it is time to ask a difficult but necessary question: Who should be responsible for the clinical oversight of medicinal cannabinoids? The answer, increasingly clear both domestically and internationally, is pharmacists.

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Artificial intelligence is everywhere these days, and it’s coming to health-care practice near you.