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Ontario invests in 57 New Surgical and Diagnostic Centres centres
July 2, 2025 Bottom line: No centre can refuse an insured service to a patient who chooses not to purchase uninsured upgrades and no...

Editor Canadian Healthcare Technology
Jul 6, 2025


Patients before paperwork: Leveraging AI as a tool in primary care
Jun 23, 2025 by Elliott Wong The numbers for family medicine paint a bleak picture. • By 2026, it is estimated that 4.4 million...

Waterloo Region Health Coalition
Jun 27, 2025


Managing the Pitt. Experts discuss how to cope with the stresses of emergency medicine
by Maddi Dellplain Jun 18, 2025 “The average emergency room doctor gets pulled from Task A to Task B every three to five minutes.” … ...

Maddi Dellplain
Jun 27, 2025


Ontario pledges $235M for primary care, and $14B for a hospital
Ontario’s family doctor crisis has left 2.5 million people without a provider. But most of this week’s health spending won’t fix that....

Canada Healthwatch
Jun 27, 2025


15 Ontario families were forced to surrender kids to CAS because they couldn’t get medical care, ombudsman reveals
The unsettling disclosure comes 20 years after the ombudsman first flagged forced abandonment as a concern — but systemic issues...

Amy Dempsey Raven
Jun 25, 2025


Union concerned about Ontario health care
A union says the plan by the Ford government to continue expanding hospital services to include more for-profit clinics will lead to a...

CTV News
Jun 19, 2025


Need a family doctor? Six tips from physicians for finding one in Ontario
Amid an worsening shortage of family physicians in the province, here are ways you can still find a family doctor. Kevin Jiang, staff...

Kevin Jiang
Jun 18, 2025


Most people in Waterloo Region face reduced access to privatized hospital services: new report
Polling shows 72 per cent of people in Western Ontario say it’s unacceptable for private clinics to charge patients CUPE Ontario, June...

CUPE Ontario
Jun 14, 2025


As Ontario pumps millions into private health care, public health will continue to suffer
June 5, 2025 “Governments get ensnared into a vicious cycle of their own making: The longer waits grow, the more pressure builds for them...

Iris Gorfinkel
Jun 10, 2025


‘There is something wrong’: Patients say they are paying out of pocket for cataract surgeries at private clinics
In Ontario, patients getting cataract surgery at private clinics pay up to thousands of dollars for operations advocates say should be...

Nathan Bawaan
Jun 8, 2025


'A tax on sick people': Ottawa hospitals have record-breaking year for parking revenue
While Nova Scotia eliminated parking fees at all health-care sites across the province, Ottawa is building the city's largest paid...

Elizabeth Payne
Jun 2, 2025


Ontario has a family doctor crisis. Here’s one reason why it’s hard to find one
A study published Tuesday found that while there are now more family doctors practising here, fewer are providing full-service family...

Megan Ogilvie
Jun 1, 2025


Webinar: Privatization in Canadian Health Care: What’s at stake?
May 22, 2025 By Tracy Glynn Canadian Health Coalition Featuring Dr. Bernard Ho and Andrew Longhurst Privatization continues to creep into...

Tracy Glynn
May 27, 2025


Band-Aid Budget: More cuts, less relief, and a missed opportunity to strengthen Ontario
May 15, 2025 QUEEN’S PARK - Marit Stiles, Leader of the Official Opposition NDP and Shadow Minister for Finance Jessica Bell (University...

Marit Stiles
May 19, 2025


Health coalition calls on province to keep hospitals open
Caryn Lieberman May 14, 2025 May 14, 2025 Protesters staged a day of action at Queen’s Park on Wednesday calling for more funding for...

Caryn Lieberman
May 18, 2025


Ontario healthcare workers gather at Queen’s Park to protest emergency centre closures
CHCH News 14 May 2025 Click on the image to watch the video: “Urgent care and emergency room closures are hurting Ontario patients” –...

CHCH News
May 15, 2025


Accessing Untapped Heathcare Resources
CARP News May 6, 2025 The shortage of family doctors in Canada and the proliferation of hallway medicine is nothing short of a national...

CARP News
May 15, 2025


Red tape is forcing qualified nurses to leave Ontario
By Kelly Skjerven, May 6 2025 Steve Russell/The Star While Ontario deals with a chronic shortage of registered nurses — 26,000 are needed...

Kelly Skjerven
May 6, 2025


Ontario Health Coalition Day of Action at the Ontario Legislature on Wednesday, May 14
Save Our Local Hospitals, Stop the Cuts & Closures! The goal is to pour on as much pressure as we can inside the Legislature to get the...

Natalie Mehra
May 5, 2025


Should provinces crack down on illegal healthcare fees?
Opposition proposes suspensions and fines for providers, clinics charging unlawful fees. Canada Healthwatch: The Weekly Dose — May 5,...

Canada Healthwatch
May 5, 2025
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