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Provinces and territories have raised concerns about the federal budget, which forecasts an end to some targeted health care funding after March 2027.

The affordability push, which calls for suspending the GST on gas and diesel, comes after the Liberals instituted a temporary suspension of the federal fuel excise tax last month.

The GI Society claims that in many cases, a doctor will prescribe an older medication and tell the patient to throw it out, sometimes multiple times.

Eighty-year-old B.C. resident Joey Kerr was also diagnosed with MDS six years ago, but she doesn't have the chance to experience Barry's life-changing medication.

From changes to PST to delaying care homes, phase two of Burnaby Hospital and cancer facility, Finance Minister Brenda Bailey has delivered the 2026 budget.

Novo Nordisk says the expiration of its patents for some semaglutide GLP-1 drug treatments in markets like Canada will result in more generics and hurt sales.

As of Dec. 29, Health Canada had received nine submissions seeking approval to make semaglutide, the active ingredient in Ozempic and Wegovy.

Joey Kerr was diagnosed with myelodysplastic syndrome, or MDS, which is a rare blood disorder where bone marrow fails to produce healthy blood cells.

NDP interim leader Don Davies said the government's response to a commissioned report on the program was 'shockingly dismissive,' and the health minister has not committed to act.

The federal debt-to-GDP ratio in Budget 2025 is projected to be higher compared with the 2024 fall economic statement, 'and is no longer projected to be on a declining path.'

Federal, provincial and territorial health ministers are in Calgary for two days of meetings, with interprovincial credential recognition and funding agreements up for discussion.

A new study shows more women opted for long-acting birth control methods after B.C. began covering the cost, which researchers say is a strong reason for Ottawa to do the same.

Defence and economic policy experts agree the NATO agreement is broad enough that it affords allies a lot of wiggle room to justify certain projects as being defence-related.

Nova Scotia physicians and other sexual health experts are calling on the provincial government to fund birth control and increase access to a medication used to prevent HIV. 

HALIFAX – Nova Scotia is writing off $10.6 million in debts at the end of this fiscal year. The provincial government says about $3.6 million of that were in Department of Economic Development loans to companies and another $2.2 million are unpaid fees to the Health Department for costs including ambulance trips and seniors’ pharmacare....

Experts say the deal struck between the BC NDP and BC Greens is the latest precedent for the federal deal, and can provide historical lessons for the new partnership.

HALIFAX - Canada's premiers and territorial leaders agreed to buy generic drugs together and standardize certain health-care practices as they try to cut soaring costs amid claims they have been left to manage health expenses in the absence of federal leadership.

HALIFAX - Canada's premiers and territorial leaders agreed to buy generic drugs together and standardize certain health-care practices as they try to cut soaring costs amid claims they have been left to manage health expenses in the absence of federal leadership.

VICTORIA - British Columbia's Health Minister has called in the RCMP after an internal probe into the relationship between university researchers seeking grants and some employees in the ministry division that decides what drugs B.C.'s Pharmacare program covers.

VICTORIA - British Columbia's Health Minister has called in the RCMP after an internal probe into the relationship between university researchers seeking grants and some employees in the ministry division that decides what drugs B.C.'s Pharmacare program covers.