British Columbia’s energy regulator is rationing the water supply for some oil and gas companies because of drought in the northeastern part of the province. On Thursday, the B.C. Oil and Gas Commission (BCOGC) suspended 20 water permits for 12 energy companies that draw water from rivers, streams and lakes in the Peace River …
Read More »Interior Health’s slow progress on safe supply frustrates doctor, advocates
A doctor in Nelson, B.C., says after four years of trying to establish a safe supply program through conversations with the local health authority, he is making his frustrations public with hopes it will pressure officials into action. Michael Vance, a family physician who focuses on addictions, says he’s had multiple …
Read More »Fatal highway explosion causing supply chain issues in B.C.’s far north, local chamber says
Grocery stores are running low on supplies, and some restaurants in Fort Nelson, B.C., have had to temporarily close, due to traffic restrictions following the deadly crash of a tanker truck on Highway 97 last Thursday, according to the local chamber of commerce. The bridge was closed after the truck — travelling northbound with a large …
Read More »Children’s fever, pain medications in short supply in B.C. due to ingredient shortage: pharmacists
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 …
Read More »Limited vaccine supply could thwart Canada’s efforts to contain monkeypox
As an unprecedented global monkeypox outbreak keeps growing, Canada remains opaque about its vaccine stockpile — even as advocates and medical experts warn the country may lack enough supply to meet current demand, with many Canadians being offered just one round of what’s typically a two-dose shot in order to …
Read More »Why decriminalizing drug possession won’t fix Canada’s toxic supply
This is an excerpt from Second Opinion, CBC Health’s weekly health and medical science newsletter. If you haven’t subscribed yet, you can do that by clicking here. Canada’s toxic drug supply problem can’t be fixed by decriminalizing the possession of small quantities of drugs alone — a move that advocates say is a …
Read More »Russia launches fresh offensive, wants sanctions relief to free up Ukraine food supply routes
Russian forces launched offensives on towns in eastern Ukraine on Wednesday, with constant mortar bombardment destroying several houses and killing civilians, Ukrainian officials said, as Russia focuses its attack on the industrial Donbas region. Russia has been focused on attempting to seize the separatist-claimed Donbas’s two provinces, Donetsk and Luhansk, …
Read More »CM Nitish Kumar Assures About Adequate Health Facilities, Oxygen Supply In State
Patna: Bihar government is preparing to deal with the threat of Omicron infections as cases of the new COVID variant are rising in the country. Meanwhile, Coronavirus cases have also been surging in Bihar. In such a situation, the government is making arrangements for the treatment of people. Medicines, liquid …
Read More »Apple Cuts IPad Production By 50% To Supply Chips To IPhone 13 Due To Global Chipset Shortage And Covid Pandemic
New Delhi: Apple has cut the production of the iPad by 50 per cent in the past two months in the wake of the supply crunch of chipsets globally. The iPhone maker is slashing production of the iPads to feed components to the newly launched iPhone 13. According to a …
Read More »Govt Will Decide On Vaccination Of Children & Adolescents Viewing ‘Scientific Rationale’, ‘Supply Situation’: Covid Task Force Chief
New Delhi: Covid Task Force chief V.K. Paul on Sunday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government will take a final decision on vaccinating the children and adolescents against coronavirus on the basis of overall scientific rationale as well as the supply situation of vaccines available for those below 18 years. …
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