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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


Thessalon residents fight to save hospital amid ongoing closures
Local resident Mary-Jane Thompson is going to Queens Park on May 14, to try to save the Thessalon hospital. 'We must advocate for change...

Lisa Rene-de-Cotret
May 5


LifeLabs strike highlights risks of foreign ownership in Canadian health care
Foreign ownership could amplify existing issues with privatization By Maddi Dellplain, April 30 2025 The months-long strike at British...

Maddi Dellplain
May 1


The leaders, their platforms and the truth
The Toronto Star April 24 2025 06:26 PM On Monday, voters across the country will head to polling stations to elect the nation’s next...

Toronto Star Staff
Apr 25


Federal election 2025: Where do the parties stand on healthcare?
Tom Yun 4/22/2025 With election day less than a week away, all of the major parties have finally released their platforms. Healthcare has...

Tom Yun
Apr 24


Baby mattresses sold in Canada found to contain toxic chemicals: study
By Katie Dangerfield Global News Posted April 16, 2025 12:18 pm A new study has found that baby and kids' mattresses sold in Canada can...

Katie Dangerfield
Apr 24


American vision care non-profit moving to Manitoba as U.S. tariffs drive up costs
Global Vision 2020 says it plans to move production to the province this summer Felisha Adam · CBC News · Posted: Apr 22, 2025 6:00 AM...

Felisha Adam
Apr 22


Desperate to walk again, this 25-year-old Ontario woman is ready to pay $40K for U.S. spinal assessment
Ontario spine specialists say they're experiencing long wait times Isha Bhargava · CBC News · Posted: Apr 22, 2025 5:00 AM EDT Sydney...

Isha Bhargava
Apr 22


Health care's taking a backseat in this election. That's a missed opportunity, expert says
Health policy scholar Colleen Flood says Canadian voters should put party leaders’ 'feet to the fire' Jennifer Warren · CBC Radio ·...

Jennifer Warren
Apr 15


Ontario’s Measles Outbreak Requires Much More Visible & Effective Public Health Response
Ontario Health Coalition, April 11, 2025 A stock photo shows measles symptoms, which typically appear seven to 21 days after exposure and...

Ontario Health Coalition
Apr 15


Political Party Records on Health Care & Questions for Candidates
Ontario Health Coalition Federal Election 2025 QUESTIONS FOR CANDIDATES: Uphold & Enforce the Canada Health Act The Canada Health Act...

Ontario Health Coalition
Apr 13


Meet the so-called 'bed-blockers' in Ontario's hospitals
Some 'alternate-level-of-care' patients the government wants out of hospitals are bedbound with feeding tubes, gaping wounds and no...

Jack Hauen
Apr 13


Keep your blood money out of Ontario—why paid plasma donation is unethical
Violetta Zeitlinger Fontana │ March 8, 2024 │ Editorials, Signed Editorials Image by: Joseph Mariathasan Despite its potential for...

Violetta Zeitlinger Fontana
Apr 9


Fourteen-hour wait at Vaughan hospital highlights staffing crisis in Ontario
By Brandon Choghri Posted April 7, 2025 10:30 pm. Healthcare workers say GTA hospitals are understaffed and over capacity, leading to...

Brandon Choghri
Apr 9


‘It’s a golden ticket’: U.S. doctors explain the urge to come to Canada
By Katie Dangerfield Global News Posted April 4, 2025 4:00 am WATCH: As political tensions and health-care layoffs roil the United...

Katie Dangerfield
Apr 9


‘If we close, people die’: Rural Ontario hospitals await ER staffing certainty
Rural and northern Ontario hospitals are anxiously awaiting word from the provincial government on a program that helps them keep...

Allison Jones
Apr 7


Briefing of key issues in federal election
Thursday, April 10th, 7 p.m. via Zoom online presented by the Ontario Health Coalition Federal Election - Monday, April 28, 2025 We...

Ontario Health Coalition
Apr 3


Ontario: the biggest loser in primary care
Data analysis shows 240 family physicians left the profession in 2023 – highest number in recent history and much higher than any other...

Boris Kralj
Apr 2


The Unpleasant Truth About the Canadian Healthcare System
Why do we still contend with extra healthcare charges in Ontario? 2023-11-15 by Tod Maffin Video Transcript: I'm in bed right now...

Tod Maffin
Mar 31


To make health care better, we must hold on to our rage
We have perhaps gotten too used to hearing about health care underfunding and staffing issues. But we can't afford to stop talking about...

Lisa Machado
Mar 29
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