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Opinion: Health Canada should be transparent about how it's monitoring drug safety

Opinion: Health Canada should be transparent about how it's monitoring drug safety

All new drugs that have never before been sold in Canada in any form, as well as all opioids, require RMPs to help safeguard the public.
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Canadians remain divided about medical assistance in dying, poll finds

Canadians remain divided about medical assistance in dying, poll finds

Next month, Canada will mark seven years since the successful passage of Bill C-14, which legalized medical assistance in dying across the country.
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Les Leyne: Two provinces, two approaches to opioid crisis

Les Leyne: Two provinces, two approaches to opioid crisis

B.C. is emphasizing harm reduction, which implicitly accepts people will use drugs. Most of Alberta’s emphasis is on recovery.
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Opinion: Still not asking for it

Opinion: Still not asking for it

This is the 'Me Too' era, and it’s about time.  
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Opinion: Paying too much taxes? Do the math

Opinion: Paying too much taxes? Do the math

A typical family pays $9,000 in total for federal and provincial income taxes. What are they buying for that $9,000?
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Rob Shaw: David Eby, eager to please, stymied by 'the speed of government'

Rob Shaw: David Eby, eager to please, stymied by 'the speed of government'

The premier's promises outpace his bureaucracy's ability to deliver
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Opinion: Paying too much taxes? Do the math

Opinion: Paying too much taxes? Do the math

A typical family pays $9,000 in total for federal and provincial income taxes. What are they buying for that $9,000?
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Comment: A well-intentioned experiment gone bad

Comment: A well-intentioned experiment gone bad

Unfortunately, society has lost sight of the basic principle that you can’t have rights without responsibilities.
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Opinion: Goodbye to Gordon Lightfoot, my childhood soundtrack

Opinion: Goodbye to Gordon Lightfoot, my childhood soundtrack

The first line of Sundown – “I can see her lyin’ back in her satin dress, in a room where you do what you don’t confess” – was completely lost to me until I was much older
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British Columbians dissatisfied with local action on homelessness, poll finds

British Columbians dissatisfied with local action on homelessness, poll finds

Research Co. and Glacier Media examined attitudes toward government action on the issue of homelessness
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