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The family doctor crisis will plague rural B.C. and beyond until the province makes investments in bricks-and-mortar infrastructure and redesigns primary care’s archaic framework, says UBC researcher Dr. Rita McCracken.

British Columbia Premier John Horgan says he apologizes for "intemperate comments" he made during a heated question period in the legislature.

Nova Scotia's Progressive Conservatives surged to an upset election win on Tuesday, August 17, 2021, over the governing Liberals after capitalizing on their main opponent's early stumbles and promising a big-spending fix to the troubled health system.

Several family doctors and physician associations across Canada say they welcome questions from anyone concerned about second doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca or any other COVID-19 vaccine.

The Alberta Medical Association has filed a lawsuit against the province over how the government pushed through changes in the way doctors can bill for their services.

British Columbia's call for recently retired doctors to return to work if the COVID-19 pandemic worsens is spurring other provinces to make similar emergency preparations, says the registrar of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia.

British Columbia has announced it will pay for the so-called abortion pill starting Jan. 15, becoming the sixth province to provide free access to the drug.

New Democrat Leader John Horgan is promising to build team-based urgent care centres to address British Columbia's shortage of family doctors and ease pressure on emergency rooms.