Chinese Medicine

• Ontario reverses course on plans to deregulate traditional Chinese medicine

  The government says it will scrap the section of a recently introduced labour bill that would wind down the profession's regulatory body.

  Canada

  Mar 7, 2022
  
• Ford says plan to deregulate Chinese medicine in Ontario intends to address language barriers

  Ford says today that he heard from the Chinese community that currently people who speak only Cantonese or Mandarin are prevented from writing the licensing exams.

  Canada

  Mar 3, 2022
  
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• Regina man, 60, charged following alleged sexual assault at clinic, police say

  A Regina man is facing a charge following a reported sexual assault at a clinic on Victoria Avenue.

  Crime

  Feb 10, 2020
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• ‘Project Seahorse’ conservation versus the black market

  Seahorses are on the brink of extinction, according to one Vancouver biologist who has dedicated her life to protecting the fish.

  Canada

  Jul 5, 2019
• Gua Sha is the new ‘cupping’: What experts want you to know

  Gua Sha is an ancient East Asian alternative treatment to pain management, and it has some people asking questions on its safety and effectiveness.

  Health

  Oct 25, 2017
• Michael Phelps has us asking: Is ‘cupping’ all it’s hyped up to be?

  Michael Phelps might be taking the 2016 Olympic Games by storm--but it was the circles on his back, not around his neck, that have many talking.

  Health

  Aug 10, 2016
• Patients of Abbotsford acupuncturist may have been exposed to Hep C, HIV

  Patients who received acupuncture services at the Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine Centre in Abbotsford are being advised by Fraser Health to be tested for Hepatitis B, C and HIV.

  Nov 20, 2014
• Traditional Chinese medicine to be regulated in Ontario

  The passing of the Traditional Chinese Medicine Act in 2006 created the self-regulatory body which will now demand that every practitioner register with the college after passing a series of tests or displaying that they have equivalent experience after having seen at least 2,000 patients in the last five years.

  Health

  Apr 1, 2013