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Hamilton, Ont.-based physician Dr. Elizabeth Liao, and her twin sister Christina have been navigating across Canada to compete in physical and mental challenges, with dreams of reaching the $250,000 grand prize.

A family doctor for 30 years before entering politics in the early 1990s, Dr. Hamm served as premier of Nova Scotia from 1999 until his retirement in 2006. He died Monday at the age of 88.

Denise Carpenter stepped down from the board on June 30, while David Collie and Jennifer Quaglietta will depart after a ‘responsible, time-limited transition plan’ is in place.

Two new directors also joined the association’s board.

The union representing 60,000 nurses across B.C. set up pickets in Vancouver and Surrey last week, citing what it said were thousands of cases of manager intimidation when nurses refused non-nursing duties.

AI scribes, interoperability mandates and form-improvement initiatives suggest relief may be coming.

A new CMAJ paper describes the case of a 79-year-old man who had a fever, chills and generalized weakness that caused him to fall last summer.

The province says the new beds are part of a broader plan to improve mental health and addiction care in northern B.C.