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Giant Protest & March: The fightback is on to save public health care
Posted: March 18, 2024 Thursday May 30 12 pm noon The Fightback is On Either we save our public medicare now, or we are going to lose it...

Ontario Health Coalition
Mar 20, 2024


Is it Fair to Charge Fees for Access to Primary Care?
NDP leader urges Ontario government to ban fees for access to primary care An Ottawa woman was charged $110 at an Appletree clinic to see...

Elizabeth Payne
Mar 19, 2024


Home Care Roundtable
To discuss the current state of home care in Ontario and what needs to be done to fix it, local Ontario Liberals and the Waterloo Region...

Ontario Liberal Party
Mar 13, 2024


Can more for-profit health care be stopped?
Health care delivery is changing throughout the country March 13, 2023 The new health accord between Ottawa and the provinces provides...

Marjorie Griffin Cohen
Mar 13, 2024


Inspection reports reveal further details on allegedly fraudulent LTC worker
Modified date: March 11, 2024, 11:41 am First Published: March 9, 2024, 8:00 pm Questions are swirling as to how a 29-year-old...

Joanna Petropoulos
Mar 11, 2024


I’m not letting this one go anytime soon, Stan Cho.
Dr. Vivian Stamatopoulos responds to the news story Fake nurse working in Hamilton area long term care facilities arrested : police. This...

Vivian Stamatopoulos
Mar 11, 2024


Fake nurse working in Hamilton area long term care facilities arrested : police
Published March 8, 2024 A 29-year-old woman has been arrested and charged after allegedly posing as a qualified nurse to obtain...

Brooklyn Connolly
Mar 11, 2024


Frustrated parents raise home care concerns
Failure of the for-profit health-care system Tina Senior and Daniel Brousseau said the quality of care they are receiving for their...

Len Gillis
Mar 9, 2024


Why is there still a wage gap concern for women in the Ontario health care sector? Ford's attack on women's wages
Public sector health unions in Ontario said the gender wage gap for women is getting worse New research suggests Conservative Premier...

Sudbury.com Staff
Mar 9, 2024


Accountability in long-term care
Without concerted action, problems in long-term care will continue to fester, and indeed grow with Canada’s aging population. Thursday,...

Michael Wolfson
Mar 8, 2024


Pay-for-plasma clinic to open in Cambridge in 2025
A private clinic paying people to donate their blood plasma is expected to open in Cambridge late this year or in 2025. Wednesday, March...

Catherine Thompson
Mar 6, 2024


Are these private-pay health care clinics legal? The minister of health won't say
Some new clinics are taking advantage of the family doctor shortage to charge patients February 29, 2024 A new private medical clinic in...

Jessica Smith Cross
Feb 29, 2024


A dire nursing shortage, private-sector windfall profits all part of Ford’s disastrous approach to Ontario health care
Bill 124 contributed to a mass exodus of front-line nurses, creating of a unique opportunity for private-nurse-hiring agencies to realize...

Les Whittington
Feb 29, 2024


Massive new survey finds widespread frustration with access to primary health care
OurCare Initiative finds primary care is the top concern as 6 million people go without a family doctor CBC News · Posted: Feb 27, 2024 A...

John Paul Tasker
Feb 29, 2024


New Doug Ford Super Bowl Ad Just Dropped!!!
Feb 23, 2024 This is Ontario's 2024 Super Bowl ad (cost: $6.5 million) with a dubbed voice-over that paints a much more realistic picture...

TDot Resident @TDotResident
Feb 25, 2024


Our public hospitals are on their knees: Jim Stewart
ORs being used for storage as province funds private clinics: health group The Waterloo Region Health Coalition says public hospitals are...

Catherine Thompson
Feb 22, 2024


Stop Orchard Villa's Licence Renewal
Health advocates asking judge to quash licence renewal for Pickering’s Orchard Villa February 13, 2024 Advocates and family members are...

DurhamRadioNews.com
Feb 18, 2024


Daniel McClelland never thought he would have to wait almost three years to eat solid foods again.
38-year-old is on waitlist for jaw joint replacement surgery in Ontario CBC News · Posted: Feb 16, 2024 "I can do pancakes, but I kind of...

Zubina Ahmed
Feb 18, 2024


An Ontario Town Was Promised Long-Term Care Beds by Doug Ford 6 Years Ago - It’s Still Waiting
Posted February 9, 2024 Eighty-five-year-old Dianna Ayotte says she doesn’t think she’ll still be around when Sioux Lookout, Ont., is...

Isaac Callan
Feb 15, 2024


On health care, Ford has failed
Waterloo Region Record Letters To The Editor Wednesday, February 7, 2024 Governments have duties, obligations and accountability to their...

Joseph Amatruda
Feb 12, 2024
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