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Pharmaceutical giant to settle Canadian class action suit on Vioxx
By January 23, 2012 02:56 pmMerck, the American based pharmaceutical giant, announced on January 19 it will settle class action suits in Canada connected to its controversial pain medication Vioxx. Read more…
Filed inBC has until April 1 to decide on forcing generic drug savings
By January 20, 2012 10:11 am 1 commentsThe British Columbia government is considering its next steps to find savings on generic drugs after failing to reach a resolution with the BC Pharmacy Association and the Canadian Association of Chain Drug Stores. Read more…
Addict turned expert says mainstream view of addiction needs rethink
By January 19, 2012 12:05 pmThe way that North Americans think about drug addiction is "mistaken, nasty, and stupid," says Dr. Peter Ferentzy, a Toronto-based addiction specialist and a recovering "crackhead." This Sunday, Ferentzy will be touting his book and speaking about Canadian drug policy at a lecture in Downtown Vancouver. Read more…
Cost stops one in 10 Canadians from taking prescribed medicines: study
By January 16, 2012 10:51 am 1 commentsBritish Columbians are more likely than other Canadians to cite cost as the reason they've failed to take a medicine they've been prescribed, says a report by UBC researchers. Read more…
Filed inPaying for nicotine replacement is poor use of public funds, says study
By January 9, 2012 04:59 pm 2 commentsGovernments like British Columbia's that pay for nicotine replacement therapies may be wasting their money, says a study released today. Read more…
Filed inRight group given wrong oil and gas question, says BC MLA
By January 3, 2012 04:31 pm 1 commentsThe Fraser Basin Council is a good choice to investigate health risks from oil and gas development, but the government has assigned the group the wrong question, says independent Cariboo North MLA Bob Simpson. Read more…
'Stop the violence and play hockey': Canadian Medical Association Journal
By December 19, 2011 08:50 pm 6 commentsIn an editorial published today, the interim editor of the Canadian Medical Association Journal called on "all doctors to support a ban on all forms of intentional head trauma and endorse deterrent penalties in hockey." Read more…
Filed inMoms protest end of nurse home visits
By November 25, 2011 02:48 pmA group of mothers say eradicating B.C.'s nurse practitioner visits to new moms could put mothers and children at risk of post-partum depression, jaundice, and other serious health issues. Read more…
Filed inHSA president predicts tough bargaining in 2012
By November 23, 2011 09:56 pm 3 commentsHSA members are angry and want to see gains in their next contract that will help B.C. regain a "competitive edge" in hiring health professionals, the union's president said Wednesday. Read more…
Filed inHealth authority cancels untendered contract to VP linked to Premier Clark
By November 22, 2011 01:46 pm 9 commentsThe Vancouver Island Health Authority has rescinded a contract it directly awarded to the husband of an adviser to Premier Christy Clark. Read more…
Filed in'Healthy immigrant effect' declines the longer a person lives in Canada, report shows
By November 16, 2011 03:11 pmRecent immigrants tend to be healthier and die less frequently than their Canada-born counterparts. But a new report from Statistics Canada shows that this "healthy immigrant effect" frequently diminishes the longer a person has lived inside the country. Read more…
Filed inBC reviewing oil and gas industry health risks
By November 15, 2011 03:23 pm 2 commentsThe British Columbia ministry of health is seeking a contractor to begin looking at public health risks related to the oil and gas sector. Read more…
BC Nurses Union insurgents don antique capes to protest raid on HEU
By November 11, 2011 11:47 am 5 commentsMembers of the BC Nurses' Union (BCNU) who oppose their union’s current attempts to raid the Hospital Employees Union (HEU) brought their opposition to the front doors of New Westminister’s Royal Columbian Hospital on November 8. Wearing antique style nurse’s capes they made themselves, the small group of rank and file union members distributed a pamphlet denouncing their own union’s efforts to win over Licensed Practical Nurses from their current union, the HEU. Read more…
Filed inVancouver doctor ordered to stop use of psychotropic plant brew in addictions treatment
By November 9, 2011 02:46 pm 4 commentsHealth Canada has ordered a Vancouver doctor to stop treating addicts with a psychotropic substance that he claims "saves lives." Read more…
Filed inAsian trip's aims include medical tourism and shared research
By November 4, 2011 11:50 am 2 commentsThere are no immediate plans to move patients between British Columbia and other jurisdictions, but there may be opportunities to work with people in India on medical research, the province's Health Minister Michael de Jong said. Read more…
Health authority failed to protect workers from violence
By October 25, 2011 11:01 amWorkSafe BC has provided more details on a $97,500 fine against the Vancouver Island Health Authority for failing to protect its workers following three violent incidents within eight months. Read more…
Agreement reached on new B.C. First Nations health plan
By October 13, 2011 04:07 pm 4 commentsFirst Nations living in British Columbia will soon have much of their healthcare delivered to them by a separate health authority, following an agreement struck today between the B.C. First Nations Health Council and provincial and federal health ministries. Read more…
Filed inHospital Employees Union Survey is 'push polling': BCNU President
By October 11, 2011 08:30 am 6 commentsThe president of the embattled BC Nurses Union said a survey recently released by the Hospital Employees’ Union reflected “untrustworthy push polling.” Debra McPherson also told the Tyee that her union had left the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions this August to protect other nursing unions from “the wrath of the Canadian Labour Congress.” Read more…
Filed inPesticide testing is rigorous, Health Canada tells BC committee
By October 6, 2011 12:15 pm 1 commentsThe federal government already has a rigorous process for assessing pesticides, a Health Canada representative told a British Columbia committee today. Read more…
Premier Clark defends appointing Bennett to pesticide committee
By October 5, 2011 02:30 pm 2 commentsPremier Christy Clark defended appointing East Kootenay MLA Bill Bennett to chair a committee looking at cosmetic pesticide use in British Columbia.
"I think the naysayers and the doomsday advocates are going to have to wait and see," said Clark. Read more…
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Pesticide committee appointment worries environmental campaigner
Foe of 'eco-fascists' to chair cosmetic pesticide committee
UBCM rejects for-profit health moratorium
UBCM to vote on for-profit healthcare moratorium
Health Minister wrong on excessive health spending, "personal responsibility," says expert
De Jong emphasizes personal responsibility for health
BC to reopen negotiations on generic drug prices says minister
Routine HIV testing to be introduced at Vancouver hospitals
Canadian income gap widening faster than in US: Conference Board
Growth in health-care costs affecting Canadians' well-being: study
Assisted suicide challenge struck down by BC Supreme Court
Quebec grants funding extension to asbestos mine
American docs outspend Canadian counterparts almost 4-to-1 on insurance costs, says study
Burnaby medical marijuana shop raided by RCMP
Female workplace injuries on the rise: WorkSafeBC report
Safe injection sites needed across Canada to fight hepatitis: group
Doctors, nurses offer premiers health-reform principles for Vancouver meeting
New medical pot dispensary opens in Yaletown
Clock ticking for private investment in Quebec asbestos mine
Mine expansion camp passes inspection, says Health Canada
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BC will take smoking drug warning into consideration, says premier
Scientists condemn Canada's stand on asbestos exports
Health organizations renew call to tax sugary drinks
Health care lacking for homeless BC youths
Victoria suicide prevention group seeks long-term solution to funding crisis
BC to get US-style nurse support program for new, at-risk mothers
New dental campaign wants healthy smiles for all
Former health minister serves coffee in stretcher-free doughnut shop
Heroin clinic didn't hurt Montreal street: study
B.C. government launches over 8,000 lawsuits to recover health costs
Study on fracking health risks is coming soon, say BC ministers
No decision reached to end federal support for Insite: lawyer
Vancouver bedbugs can carry drug-resistant bacteria: researchers
Band of mayors petition feds on fate of Insite
Green party says Alberta leaky pipeline parent company has dismal safety record
Hole in golf industry swing at BC pesticide proposal
Ban on cosmetic use of pesticides coming: Premier
Health research funding decision coming: de Jong
Insite gets strong scientific endorsement as lifesaver
Medical marijuana dispensary opens in Burnaby; Emery denied transfer to Canada
Off the Throne
The British Columbia legislature resumes sitting this week, but not before Premier Christy Clark outlined her spring agenda in an appearance on the Vancouver radio station where she used to work in what was pitched as a replacement for the throne speech. That agenda amounted to staying the course: focus on the economy, no money for teachers or anything else, and no higher taxes.
This from a premier who won the leadership of her party on a "change" platform. Perhaps appropriate then that the government didn't bother with a more formal speech from the throne at a time when polls suggest an increasing number of people are wondering if the premier's going to, as they say, piss or get off the pot.
-- Andrew MacLeod
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