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Former deans of medicine call on Ottawa to intervene in Alberta’s dual-practice health care model (opens the original)
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Four former deans of medicine in Alberta have joined a growing chorus of critics asking Ottawa to intervene in the province’s dual-practice health care model, which allows eligible doctors to toggle between the public and private systems. Tom Feasby, Jon Meddings and Eldon Smith, all formerly with the University of Calgary, and Tom Marrie, who was with the University of Alberta – sent a letter on the contentious issue to Prime Minister Mark Carney on Tuesday. They expressed “deep concern” about
Two dead, two injured after vehicle hits pedestrians at B.C.’s Tsawwassen Mills mall (opens the original)
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Two people were killed after being struck by a vehicle on the Tsawwassen First Nation in British Columbia on Wednesday, according to police. Delta Police, in a statement, said the collision took place at approximately 10:25 a.m. local time. Four pedestrians were hit, two of whom have died as a result of their injuries. The two injured victims have been transported to hospital. “Preliminary information indicates the driver of the involved vehicle may have experienced a medical emergency prior to
Study challenges original theory about Canada’s first human case of bird flu (opens the original)
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University of British Columbia researchers say the unusual genetic mutations identified in Canada’s first human avian influenza case weakened the virus’ ability to bind to human cells, a critical first step in infection. The findings were published in a study on Monday in Nature Communications. The authors said they conducted the research to explore whether the mutations signalled that avian flu was evolving to become better at infecting people, which was the prevailing assumption until this pub
Alberta’s response to COVID-19 outbreak at Cargill plant was ‘catastrophic failure,’ report says (opens the original)
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Alberta’s response to Canada’s largest single outbreak of COVID-19 was a “catastrophic failure” that prioritized industry needs over workers’ lives, according to a new report. Parkland Institute, a research centre at the University of Alberta, published a report on Monday examining how Alberta handled the 2020 COVID-19 outbreak at the Cargill beef-packing plant in High River, south of Calgary. The centre says it is the first public, independent review of what became North America’s largest singl
Fifteen ER nurses leave Ontario hospital citing overcrowding, safety issues, union says (opens the original)
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More than a dozen emergency room nurses have resigned from a hospital in the Greater Toronto Area over the past two months, owing to unmanageable patient volumes and an unsafe work environment, according to a provincial union. Fifteen registered nurses have left their positions at the Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital, and a number of other nurses have limited their hours or not returned from leave, the Ontario Nurses’ Association said. The Oakville emergency department, which sees roughly 80
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