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Doctor orders: All provincial parties promise access to care for all Ontarians in coming years
The three major parties each say they have a plan to address gaps in family doctor service. Feb. 9, 2025 Waterloo Region Record Tories...

Kristin Rushowy
Feb 9


Situation Critical
Don't be fooled into thinking that American tariffs are the major election issue. The threat to Public Medicare has never been more...

Waterloo Region Health Coalition
Feb 9


Charter challenge of Ontario's controversial long-term care law thrown out by court
More Beds, Better Care Act has seen backlash by advocates, seniors and caretakers Jan 24, 2025 Bill 7, the More Beds, Better Care Act,...

Jennifer La Grassa
Jan 25


The election should be about transforming health care, not Trump
Wouldn’t it be refreshing if opposition politicians started admitting they don’t have all the answers to the health-care crisis? Jan. 25,...

John Milloy
Jan 25


New CMA survey links lack of access to health care to growing health misinformation risks
January 22, 2025 A growing number of Canadians are encountering health misinformation, with significant consequences for their health,...

Hospital News
Jan 25


Situation Critical
Don’t believe what Ford says - look at what they’ve done For more than a hundred years, Ontarians have donated, paid our taxes,...

Ontario Health Coalition
Jan 24


The Health X Files: How Largely Secret Licensing and Funding Arrangements in Long-Term Care Cost the Public Billions with Little Public Accountability
Editorial January 20, 2025 The public has, for over forty years, been barraged with horror stories in long-term care institutions. But...

Patricia Spindel
Jan 20


What a jaw-dropping scene says about Ontario’s worsening family doctor crisis
Desperately seeking a family doctor. What a striking scene in one small Ontario town says about a brewing crisis. A queue for 500...

Megan Ogilvie
Jan 20


'Our health-care system is failing': More than 74,000 Canadians died waiting for health care since 2018
A new report also indicates more than 15,000 people in Canada died in 2023-24 while waiting for surgeries and diagnostic scans. Updated...

Chris Stoodley
Jan 19


Who will be the voice for those vulnerable seniors that suffered and died in Care Homes in dire circumstances during the Covid 19 pandemic?
The military was deployed to nursing homes in Ontario and Quebec to reinforce workers overwhelmed by the illness, unable to keep up with...

Joseph Amatruda
Jan 16


Millions lack care in Ontario. Nurse Practitioners can help
By Michelle Acorn, NP January 11, 2025 As Ontario faces unprecedented health care challenges, the most clear and present danger to...

Michelle Acorn
Jan 13


Patient dies in waiting room of Winnipeg's Health Sciences Centre
Wait time at ER posted as 8.25 hours at 10 a.m. Tuesday Ian Froese · CBC News · Posted: Jan 07, 2025 1:08 PM EST | Last Updated: 7...

Ian Froese
Jan 7


Know Your Options: Getting the right care in the right place
Accessing treatment in setting other than emergency departments – when appropriate- can lessen wait times, Dr. Rafi Setrak writes. Posted...

Rafi Setrak
Jan 4


Ten Health Care Predictions for 2025
THE YEAR AHEAD 2025 The family doctor crisis will finally start to ease, while pharmacists take centre stage in patient care. The battle...

Maclean's
Dec 31, 2024


Parents say 'trust your gut' after infant sent home from hospital later diagnosed with meningitis
Baby has suffered seizures, strokes and is receiving care in London, family says Kathleen Saylors · CBC News · Posted: Dec 30, 2024...

Kathleen Saylors
Dec 31, 2024


The Crumbling State of Northern Ontario’s Healthcare: A Call to Action
Healthcare in Ontario is crumbling but it's even worse in Northern Ontario and residents can't afford to wait for change any longer Lisa...

Lisa Rene-de-Cotret
Dec 29, 2024


This Canadian-made walker is helping kids with disabilities — if their families can afford it
CBCNN Live 26 December 2024 The Trexo walker, a Canadian-made exoskeleton, is helping some children living with mobility issues take...

CBC News
Dec 29, 2024


Holiday Message from Natalie Mehra
Dear all our members and supporters, As I sit down to write a holiday message to you that I hope has some meaning, I am thinking about a...

Natalie Mehra
Dec 29, 2024


Hospital discharges, what rights do patients & their substitute decision-makers have?
Posted: December 20, 2024 At this webinar, Jane Meadus, lawyer and advocate at the Advocacy Centre for the Elderly, and Natalie Mehra,...

Waterloo Region Health Coalition
Dec 22, 2024


How The Grinch stole family medicine: A tale of Ontario’s health crisis
Dec 18, 2024 by Alykhan Abdulla It began, not with a whisper, but a groan that echoed across my clinic and the community I serve. Like a...

Alykhan Abdulla
Dec 22, 2024
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