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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
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'Dr. Google': Ontario doctors warn of increase in DIY medicine
By Joshua Freeman Updated: July 09, 2025 at 7:48 PM EDT Â Ont. medical association warns against using AI, internet to self-diagnose amid...

Joshua Freeman
Jul 161 min read
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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
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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...

Elliott Wong
Jun 272 min read
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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 102 min read
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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 11 min read
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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 151 min read
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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 53 min read
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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 31 min read
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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 22 min read
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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 292 min read
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Let's defend the public health system at all costs
Nazila Bettache, Doctor at the University of Montreal Hospital Centre Posted on March 16 PHOTO HUGO-SÉBASTIEN AUBERT, LA PRESSE ARCHIVES...

Nazila Bettache
Mar 232 min read
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Canada’s emergency departments are overwhelmed. Can patient redirection help?
By Stefan Dressen Published on March 14, 2025 Â Across Canada, emergency departments are facing an unprecedented surge in patient...

Stefan Dreesen
Mar 151 min read
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Politically Correct Licence Plate
Posted by James G. Wigmore on X February 26, 2025 James G. Wigmore @JGWigmore Buy one for Doug Ford's car!

James G. Wigmore
Feb 261 min read
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Did Doug Ford deliver on his promises to fix Ontario health care? From hospitals to long-term care and mental health, here’s what’s changed
With election day looming, the Star examined the government’s record in three key areas. Joy SpearChief-Morris Feb. 22, 2025 Cortellucci...

Joy SpearChief-Morris
Feb 232 min read
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Ontario provincial election will affect health care greatly: Choose wisely
Feb 19, 2025 by Sonika Kainth Dear fellow Ontarians, With a provincial election coming in a few days, there are a few things we should...

Sonika Kainth
Feb 222 min read
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Majority of Ontarians say health care has worsened over the past year
Feb. 17, 2025 Stop the Crisis from the OMA website https://www.oma.org/advocacy/stop-the-crisis/ TORONTO, ON - A survey conducted by...

Ontario Medical Association
Feb 182 min read
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Please: Anyone but Doug Ford
By Justin Ling, Contributing Columnist Justin Ling is an independent investigative journalist based in Montreal and a contributing...

Justin Ling
Feb 141 min read
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Healthcare Looms Large in Ontario Election
A recent survey found that voters in Ontario consider healthcare to be the most important issue in the province's upcoming election....

Louise Gagnon
Feb 141 min read
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In an election that puts Ontario first, your health shouldn’t be second
TORONTO, Jan. 29, 2025—Ontarians have waited too long for improvements to health care. Despite renewed commitments, the shortage of...

Ontario Medical Association
Feb 101 min read
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