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B.C. care homes need cultural shift from ‘default’ use of antipsychotics, seniors’ advocate says

Residents of B.C. long-term care homes are some of the most likely in the country to be given antipsychotic medications without a diagnosis of psychosis, national data shows, and experts say the discrepancy can’t be explained away as a consequence of COVID-19. Data from the Canadian Institute of Health Information …

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7 Toronto city councillors could be elected by default as nomination deadline nears

Candidates in more than a quarter of Toronto’s municipal wards hoping to land a city council seat don’t have any challengers in the upcoming election, with two weeks left to submit a nomination. After a three-month nomination period, more than a dozen people have signed up to run for mayor, but seven …

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