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Fighting for public health care
Tracy Glynn, Canadian Health Coalition November 28, 2025 With unprecedented attacks on Canada’s public health care system, hear from frontline defenders of public health care in Ontario, Quebec, Alberta and B.C. who are using various strategies to protect Canada’s universal public health care system. From going to court to filing complaints, mobilizing experts and local activists, these champions of public health care are leading the charge for better Medicare. Monday, Decem

Tracy Glynn
Nov 29


Canadian doctors predict government actions will reduce access to health care
Hospital News Published on November 27, 2025 New data from the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) show that Canadian physicians are sounding the alarm over government decisions threatening the health care system. The findings reveal doctors’ widespread concern about the impact on patient care, workforce stability and physician morale. Recent government actions, such as Alberta’s Bill 26 and Quebec’s Bill 2, which interfere with doctors’ abilities to take care of their

Hospital News
Nov 28


How much have you paid for private health care?
Ontario Today with Amanda Pfeffer Nov. 26, 2025 The move by Alberta has raised a debate across Canada about whether the expansion of private options can fix long delays and wait lists. Here in Ontario, we’ve seen a growing number of private options even for primary care including subscription-based access to nurse practitioners and private clinics. There are online primary care options through sites like Maple. In a bid to take on long surgery waitlists in hospitals, the Fo

Waterloo Region Health Coalition
Nov 27


Canadian healthcare is no longer the envy of the world
Once upon a time, Canada’s healthcare system was widely considered a model for the rest of the world, especially in countries where access to medical care was often tied to your job or your wealth. Not so any more...

Mary Apurong
Nov 1


Patients demand Ford government reimburse wrongful charges at Ford’s private clinics: more than 160 people join Day of Action at Ontario Legislature
Extra-billing and user fees are banned under the Canada Health Act and Ontario’s Public Medicare protection laws, yet increasingly, the private clinics are charging patients with impunity, the Ontario Health Coalition reports.

Ontario Health Coalition
Oct 31


New report shows 7,200 nurses could be cut in Ontario due to underfunding, on the heels of 13 layoffs announced in North Bay
If the Ford government fails to improve health-care funding, 7,263 nurses could be cut by 2027-28, further worsening Ontario’s number of nurses per capita.

Ontario Nurses' Association
Oct 30


Ontario Patient Ombudsman report slams Health atHome’s bungling of medical supply shortages
Sept. 25, 2025 By Ana Pereira, Business Reporter for the Toronto Star Patient Ombudsman Craig Thompson describes home care as critical....

Ana Pereira
Sep 25


Pilot project allows some Sault patients to wait at home for ER spot
By Cory Nordstrom Updated: August 28, 2025 at 9:47 AM EDT Sault Area Hospital has launched a new pilot program designed to reduce...

Cory Nordstrom
Aug 30


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 21


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 15


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 7


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

Joshua Freeman
Jul 16


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 6


Ontario invests in 57 New Surgical and Diagnostic Centres centres
July 2, 2025 Bottom line: No centre can refuse an insured service to a patient who chooses not to purchase uninsured upgrades and no...

Editor Canadian Healthcare Technology
Jul 6


15 Ontario families were forced to surrender kids to CAS because they couldn’t get medical care, ombudsman reveals
The unsettling disclosure comes 20 years after the ombudsman first flagged forced abandonment as a concern — but systemic issues...

Amy Dempsey Raven
Jun 25


Union concerned about Ontario health care
A union says the plan by the Ford government to continue expanding hospital services to include more for-profit clinics will lead to a...

CTV News
Jun 19


‘There is something wrong’: Patients say they are paying out of pocket for cataract surgeries at private clinics
In Ontario, patients getting cataract surgery at private clinics pay up to thousands of dollars for operations advocates say should be...

Nathan Bawaan
Jun 8


'A tax on sick people': Ottawa hospitals have record-breaking year for parking revenue
While Nova Scotia eliminated parking fees at all health-care sites across the province, Ottawa is building the city's largest paid...

Elizabeth Payne
Jun 2


Ontario healthcare workers gather at Queen’s Park to protest emergency centre closures
CHCH News 14 May 2025 Click on the image to watch the video: “Urgent care and emergency room closures are hurting Ontario patients” –...

CHCH News
May 15


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 5
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