Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Hannah Alberga
Publication Date: July 28, 2025 - 17:45
More women in B.C. opted for IUDs after province made birth control free, study finds
July 28, 2025
A new study shows more women opted for long-acting birth control methods after British Columbia began covering the cost, which researchers say is strong reason for Ottawa’s pharmacare plan to do the same.
The study found prescriptions for all types of birth control jumped significantly after the province began covering contraceptives in April, 2023, with a 49-per-cent jump in prescriptions for intrauterine devices (IUDs) driving the increase.
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The Vancouver Island municipality of Nanaimo wants the local health authority to justify the continued existence of the community’s legal overdose prevention site as opposition mounts to the facility around the corner from its City Hall.Nanaimo City Council deferred voting Monday evening on a motion asking the Vancouver Island Health Authority, or VIHA, to shut down the site in favour of meeting with the agency in coming weeks. The site has been operating since 2022.
July 29, 2025 - 23:18 | Mike Hager | The Globe and Mail
A tsunami watch has been issued for much of British Columbia’s coast after a magnitude 8.7 earthquake struck in the Pacific Ocean off southeastern Russia.B.C.’s emergency preparedness agency says the U.S. National Tsunami Warning Center has issued a bulletin that spans parts of B.C., including Greater Victoria.
July 29, 2025 - 21:21 | | The Globe and Mail
The magnitude 8.8 quake struck 136 kilometres southeast of Petropavlovsk, Kamchatka, shortly before 4:30 p.m. PST on Tuesday.
July 29, 2025 - 21:08 | Simon Little | Global News - Canada
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