Fewer Canadians died from opioid overdoses last year, new national data show, but a regional breakdown paints a complicated picture of the drug toxicity crisis that eased in some provinces but worsened in others. #cdnpoli

RT @mattscace67: From yesterday, after the lights went out on the province's panel announcement: Danielle Smith’s Alberta Next survey asks….

RT @markusoff: Danielle Smith gov't spent nearly 2yrs fighting to not release its Alberta pension plan survey. It's finally out. Only 10% o….

Fault lines: In small-town Alberta, a #measles resurgence exposes divides over vaccines and faith. @globeandmail #ableg #cdnhealth

RT @picardonhealth: Canadians waiting longer for some surgeries, even as number of operations increases: @CIHI_ICIS report, by @alanna_smit….

RT @mattscace67: Six lines, more to come, on a loud, tense night in the small western town of Fort Macleod. Alberta premier faces raucous….

RT @picardonhealth: Baby infected with #measles in utero and born prematurely dies in SW Ontario. Infant also faced serious medical complic….

Canadian doctors are emphasizing that routine COVID-19 vaccinations are not only safe and effective but recommended for pregnant people, countering the approach taken by American officials. #cdnpoli

The Alberta Medical Association, which advocates on behalf of thousands of local doctors, says it strongly supports its national counterpart in taking the provincial government to court over its transgender legislation. #ableg

In a rare move, the Canadian Medical Association will file a constitutional challenge Wednesday alongside three Alberta doctors against the province’s legislation that limits access to medical treatment for transgender youth. w/ @kkirkup. #abpoli #ableg

RT @picardonhealth: .@CMA_Docs launches legal challenge to Alberta law limiting access to treatment for #transgender youth. Bill 26 bars do….

RT @CarrieTait: Scooplet: Alberta Health Services paid more than 6x its normal price for meds from Turkey, could have bought fewer bottles….

RT @CarrieTait: SCOOP: Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's former chief of staff lived in a home owned by a sister of Sam Mraiche, a businessm….

Scoop from @CarrieTait: Alberta’s Justice Minister is a long-time friend and related through marriage to a man whose company’s business dealings with the province’s health authority are now part of multiple investigations. #ableg

Manitoba’s deputy minister of health questioned the provincial health authority on the timing and manner of which it informed his office of a patient’s death at a Winnipeg emergency department, documents obtained by The Globe and Mail show. @temurdur

The United Conservative Party on Wednesday kicked out a former cabinet minister from its caucus, the second MLA to be expelled in just over a month. By @CarrieTait. #ableg

Critics speak out against Alberta’s proposed involuntary care act for people with drug addictions @globeandmail #ableg

RT @globeandmail: Alberta replacing top public health official as province deals with measles outbreak

RT @CarrieTait: SCOOP: Edmonton's MHCare, in a letter to the province, says it is being unfairly attacked and subject to misinformation and….

RT @KBlazeBaum: Barely more than one-tenth of 1 per cent of fentanyl seizures at the northern border have been positively attributed to Can….