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A new extended-hours primary care clinic has opened in Winnipeg. The clinic, located at Access Winnipeg West at the Grace General Hospital, opened Wednesday. It will operate from 5:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. on weekdays, and from 1:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. on weekends, the province said in a news release. It will also be open…
Warning: this story contains distressing details. Thomas Hamp testified Wednesday that he fatally stabbed his girlfriend Emily Sanche two years ago while he was in the throes of a delusion that he was under surveillance by secret police. The 27-year-old testified that he believed at the time it was “merciful” to stab Sanche because she was going to…
Edmonton Oilers forward Evander Kane will undergo surgery and will be sidelined into the start of the regular season, general manager Stan Bowman announced Wednesday. “He’s going to be out for a while,” Bowman said without revealing the specific nature of the surgery. “I don’t want to speculate on that. I think our doctors will…
Jennifer Brazeau says an apology means little without a plan for meaningful action to drive change. That’s her sentiment ahead of a public apology from Canada’s largest association of medical doctors for past and ongoing harms the medical profession has caused First Nations, Inuit and Métis people. “An apology isn’t a panacea for change, they actually have to…
Health Canada authorized Moderna’s updated COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday to roll out in fall immunization campaigns. The federal vaccine portal lists approval of Moderna’s product. Provinces and territories plan fall immunization campaigns aiming to protect people from severe hospitalizations and deaths from COVID-19. Guidance from the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) strongly recommends updated COVID-19 vaccinations starting this fall…
Northwestern Ontario residents can have their say about challenges accessing health care in the region on Tuesday night. The Ontario Medical Association is hosting a virtual town hall, one of 10 they’re hosting across the north, from 7-8 p.m. Thunder Bay-Superior North NDP MPP Lise Vaugeois said she’s also been invited to participate in the…
Emily Sanche was an “intelligent, passionate, driven” young woman who focused her energy on getting help for her partner, who is now accused of killing her, the woman’s cousin told a Saskatoon court on Tuesday. Thomas Hamp is on trial before Justice Grant Currie at Court of King’s Bench. He’s charged with second-degree murder in the Feb. 20,…
Ontario is proposing to further expand pharmacists’ scope of practice by adding to the list of minor ailments they can assess, allowing them to administer more vaccines and order some lab tests. But while pharmacists see the proposal as an overdue solution to easing the burden on other aspects of the health-care system by leaning…
Concerned organizations in Rainy River, Ont. say the town’s medical system is on life support as they struggle to recruit and retain staff. The northwestern Ontario town is facing dire shortages of both doctors and paramedics, said Mayor Deborah Ewald at an Ontario Health Coalition press conference Friday. “There needs to be some significant changes because…
The emergency room in the northern Ontario community of Thessalon, east of Sault Ste. Marie, will be closed for the second time this year on Friday, Sept. 13. it’s due to a shortage of doctors to staff the facility. “This is caused because of a lack of physician coverage for the site,” said Tim Vine, the…
