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Pharmacists say challenges around sourcing raw ingredients are behind the shortages of over-the-counter children’s fever and pain medication in pharmacies and retail stores across B.C., but they are cautioning parents against stockpiling the products or trying to adjust doses at home. Children’s acetaminophen and ibuprofen products, often referred to by the brand names Advil and …

Amid a nationwide shortage of children’s pain and fever medications, Health Canada was due to speak with manufacturers on Thursday to discuss ways to boost supply. Parents across the country have noted empty shelves where they had hoped to find pediatric acetaminophen or ibuprofen products, like liquid Tylenol and Advil, …

This story is part of Situation Critical, a series from CBC British Columbia reporting on the barriers people in this province face in accessing timely and appropriate health care. When Sharman Minus had a heart attack in early 2020, she hadn’t had a family doctor in two years. The 69-year-old Victoria retiree still doesn’t and as a result waits hours in emergency rooms or on telehealth lines  explaining her medical history again and again, hoping to get help for chronic symptoms …

After months of frequenting the Kingston General Hospital, one mother says she’s concerned about a staff shortage at the hospital’s pediatric critical care unit after having to take on nursing duties for her sick child. Vanessa Ivimey’s daughter Ivy Murray has a gene mutation called SNC2A, known to cause early-onset epilepsy and …

As rental car operators continue to face vehicle shortages, some people are looking at different options for renting a car due to the limited availability and sky-high prices. Peer-to-peer car rental apps are also reporting a drastic increase in demand this year among Canadians looking for short-term rentals using their subscription …

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As emergency rooms across some rural parts of the province had to close this weekend amid staffing shortages, some internationally trained doctors say the barriers to practise in Canada have forced them to seek a different career. On Sunday, Interior Health announced that the South Okanagan General Hospital in Oliver, …

Alberta is facing a significant shortage of veterinarians. According to the Alberta Veterinary Medical Association, there are more than 840 vacancies in the vet industry in Alberta — close to 20 per cent of all veterinarian jobs in the province. The situation is particularly tough in rural Alberta, where there is …

Emergency rooms in northwestern Ontario remain critically short-staffed, and hospital leaders across the region warn the risk of emergency-room closures could continue well into the summer.  Three months ago, the emergency room in Red Lake, Ont., closed for 24 hours during a weekend because no physician was available. Officials say a similar …

A year after retirement, Maryse Clavet was eager to get out of the house and back to work.  She picked up a part-time job at a local bed-and-breakfast, doing everything from changing the sheets to checking in guests at the front desk. “I’m still young, I’m able to work,” Clavet …