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Dementia patient gets MAID after family member brought forward the request
Story by Sharon Kirkey Oct. 1, 2025 Questions are being raised around how MAID is being approved in Canada for people with dementia. A...

Sharon Kirkey
4 days ago1 min read


Fightback Against Ford Government’s Expanding Hospital Privatization Plans
Natalie Mehra, Executive Director, Ontario Health Coalition 2025-09-22 At this point, the Ford government knows that seniors are being...

Natalie Mehra
Sep 281 min read


Too Many Canadians Are Leaving Emergency Rooms Untreated
September 18, 2025 Emmanuelle B. Faubert Economic Note examining the number of people who leave emergency rooms untreated in each...

Emmanuelle B. Faubert
Sep 211 min read


Unsterile needles used at Burlington walk-in clinic for 6 years: health officials
Published: September 17, 2025 at 5:21 PM EDT By Bryann Aguilar The exterior of the Halton Family Health Centre Walk-in Clinic at 2951...

Bryann Aguilar
Sep 192 min read


Ontario considers expanding scopes of practice for health professionals
Ontario eyes more powers for health professionals TORONTO - Ontario is looking at giving several types of health professionals more...

Allison Jones
Sep 171 min read


CODE RED
Posted 2025-09-09 By the Ontario Health Coalition If we don't fight privatization now, we are going to lose our public health care. Make...

Ontario Health Coalition
Sep 152 min read


Sepsis is a 'public health emergency,' warn Canadian researchers after mother dies shortly after giving birth
CBC Mon, September 8, 2025 at 4:00 a.m. EDT Fatima Sheikh's research focuses on social determinants of health, which she says should be...

CBC News
Sep 91 min read


Ontario hospital nurses awarded 5.25 per cent in raises, but decry lack of staffing ratios
By Allison Jones The Canadian Press Posted September 4, 2025 6:35 am A nurse tends to a patient in the intensive care unit at the...

Allison Jones
Sep 71 min read


ER doctor sees harm inflicted on people waiting for pharmacare
August 27, 2025 By Steven Staples Canadian Health Coalition “From the front lines, I see how pharmacare isn’t just about equity; it’s...

Steven Staples
Aug 311 min read


Ontario couple whose teenage son died after 8-hour wait in ER calls for law reform
Family of Finlay van der Werken, 16, wants maximum emergency room wait times for children Rianna Lim · The Canadian Press · Posted: Aug...

Rianna Lim
Aug 281 min read


Why Ontario Needs Safe Nurse Staffing Levels
“The public needs to know that without better working conditions and more nurses, the system is never going to recover.” – Oncology nurse...

Marc Woodhouse
Aug 211 min read


Economy needs support, but ‘not at expense of health care’
GREY-BRUCE - When Canada’s premiers held a three-day conference in Muskoka July 21-23 to discuss tariffs, the economy and health care,...

Pauline Kerr
Aug 151 min read


Beyond funding: Why money alone won’t save primary care
As a physician who has witnessed this crisis unfold over 40 years of practice, I believe we need to examine why increased funding alone...

Raymond Rupert
Aug 71 min read


Man died after he called 911 and no one came; family claims cover-up
Family still looking for answers nearly a year after Ralph Buerger's death Richard Hutton Aug 3, 2025 12:00 PM Christine Stark and Rick...

Richard Hutton
Aug 72 min read


Opinion: Ontario is sliding toward a two-tiered, U.S.-style healthcare system
July 23, 2025 Wayne Gates Special to Niagara Now/The Lake Report Niagara Health's St. Catharines site. "Far too many people are forced...

Wayne Gates
Jul 231 min read


Any governments across Canada that claim to prioritize the economy while dismantling our public health care have lost their moral compass
Posted by the Ontario Health Coalition July 17, 2025 Health Coalitions from across Canada issued a joint statement in advance of the...

Ontario Health Coalition
Jul 192 min read


‘We medicalize aging’: The case for meeting seniors’ home care needs
Thousands of Canada’s oldest seniors have unmet home care needs, making it difficult for them to stay healthy and remain in their homes...

Meagan Gillmore
Jul 121 min read


We spend too much time waiting for care that can save lives
If we have to rely on our universal health-care system, let’s make it reliable, writes Mulugeta Dilnesahu. July 10, 2025 With long waits...

Mulugeta Dilnesahu
Jul 121 min read


A breakthrough drug could slow Alzheimer’s. Here’s why many Canadians may not be able to access it
There are currently no approved treatments in Canada that can slow the progression of Alzheimer’s, only drugs to quiet symptoms as...

Christina Frangou
Jul 62 min read


Ontario is getting $7B from the tobacco settlement. Why the silence on where it’s going?
Jul 2, 2025 by Lesley James Sarah Butson Hillary Buchan-Terrell Ontario should pledge to invest part of the $7.3 billion it receives in...

Healthy Debate
Jul 62 min read
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