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TorontoOntario's medical regulator has approved significant changes to the way doctors prescribe safer supply drugs, in an effort to reduce the amount of opioids making their way to the streets. Move is an effort to reduce amount of opioids making their way to the streets: regulatorLiam Casey · The Canadian Press · Posted: Oct 13, 2026 2:49 PM EDT | Last Updated: October 14Listen to this articleEstimated 4 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario's board of directors will soon implement several changes to the practice of prescribing safer supply, which are medications given to people at high risk of overdose as an alternative to illicit opioids. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press)Ontario's medical regulator approved significant changes Tuesday to the way doctors prescribe safer supply drugs, in an effort to reduce the amount of opioids making their way to the streets.

Inside a quiet room at Sunnybrook’s Veterans Centre, Veterans and active Canadian Armed Forces Reserves physicians spoke candidly with the Right Honourable Louise Arbour during her recent visit. The Veterans shared personal stories about their service, including Brenda Reid who spoke about her time as a “Wren”, the pioneering women’s division of the Royal Canadian Navy created in World War II to release men for active sea duty. Nearby, Joe Duffy stood proudly beside his portrait from The Last Salute: Portraits of Remembrance, a collection capturing Sunnybrook’s centenarian veterans.