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BY: Andrea Cross, CFP
May 2022
... has a valid social insurance number can open a TFSA. Since 2009, your personal contribution has been accumulating for ... That means if you’ve never contributed to a TFSA, you may be able to put in up to $81 500 in 2022. The annual ... about TFSA rules and what you need to do to resolve the issue. You could be penalized with a tax of 1% per month on ...
Letters
June 2014
... Of interest to you might be an article published in the May 2009 issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons .[ ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Roy Purssell, MD, FRCPC
March 2012
... cause of death in Canada.[ 1 ] It was estimated that in 2009, 976 people died in alcohol-related crashes in Canada.[ ... in exactly the positive changes that would be expected. In May 2011, opponents of the new laws launched a legal ... of the immediate roadside prohibition program. At issue was whether the immediate roadside prohibition program ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Jane A. Buxton, MBBS, MHSc, FRCPC
June 2012
Opioid overdose is a public health issue in British Columbia. In 2009, more than 200 deaths were identified as illicit drug ... were in persons prescribed opioid medication.[ 3 ] In May 2011, the BC Coroners Service released a warning about a ...
Letters /
BY: Andrew Farquhar, MD
June 2012
... issues in lifestyle counseling. In the BCMJ April issue I was glad to see the Council on Health Promotion ... makes them depressed, and adds to the negative image they may already have of themselves. Despite occasional ... and exercise at the World Diabetes Congress in Montreal in 2009 I came across a paper by Ross and Janiszewsky raising ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Bill Mackie, MD
November 2011
... prevalent antibiotic use is of concern. In the June 2011 issue of Microbe, the report “Restricting antimicrobial ... of antibiotics used in food animal production. By 2009, Swedish sales of antibiotics for use in agriculture ... Now that this is CMA policy the future of medical care may favorably alter, particularly for infectious disease and ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: James Johnston, MD, FRCPC,
October 2010
... both staff and other patients at risk. As of December 2009, there were 2720 patients enrolled in provincial ... recommendations The most recent guidelines addressing the issue were published by the British Thoracic Society. They ... early screening in high-risk CKD patients, as anergy may be less of a confounder in those with less advanced ...
Letters /
BY: N.P. Blair, MD,
June 2009
... see " Specialists and EMR adoption ” published in the May issue of the BCMJ. (2009;51[4]:154).—ED. Letters EMRs and specialists ...
Letters /
BY: Jeremy Smith,
September 2009
... will respond to Dr Blair’s original letter from the June issue (“EMRs and specialists” BCMJ 2009;51[5]: 190) and Dr Hwang’s response concurrently. ... address the challenges and opportunities outlined in the May BCMJ article “Specialists and EMR Adoption” ( ...