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News / 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 ...
News&Notes / BY: Jay Draper July/August 2013
... noise   Dr John O’Brien-Bell requested an update on the issue of noise. He first raised the issue at last year’s ... this policy, noting that members were not consulted and may have objections. Dr Ross explained that the BCMA was not ... for a division of family practice back in October of 2009, and was one of the proto­types. It is a prime example ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
News&Notes / BY: Kashmira Suraliwalla July/August 2011
... with the UBC Faculty of Medicine. He pointed out that the issue of “transparency” that had been mentioned on ... from broken families and families in distress. They may be in government care. Or they may have parents with ... According to a study completed by Statistics Canada in 2009, Canadian children as a whole are ‘taller, heavier, ...
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 ...
News&Notes / BY: Jay Draper July/August 2010
... Dr Erik Paterson from Creston mentioned the perennial issue of low attendance at these meetings, stating that he ... at AGMs is the norm for similar organizations. It may be that, given the many opportunities for input that ... of Dr Don Rix, chair of the committee until his death in 2009, were acknowledged by a moment of silence by those ...
News&Notes / BY: Kashmira Suraliwalla July/August 2009
13 May 2009 Wall Centre Hotel, Vancouver The 2009 BCMA Annual ... something in the Board report regarding the litigation issue involving former Board member Dr Caroline Wang. This ... questioned whether the Board had done anything about this issue. He was informed that this issue had not been debated ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Greg Dines, May 2009
... an example, most mental health patients have more than one issue, but these issues—and the way in which they ... of patient resources, resulting in more medications than may be necessary, and potentially inappropriate referrals. ... health practice support program module to launch June 2009 ...