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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


Robbing from the public to build the private
New OHC report sheds light on plight of Ontario hospitals A scathing new report from the Ontario Health Coalition (OHC) is criticizing...

Ashley Hyshka
Feb 21, 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


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


ICU Care Spikes To 17-Month High in Waterloo Region
Two more seniors die of COVID-19 as ICU care spikes to 17-month high in Waterloo Region Ten hospital patients who need intensive care is...

Jeff Outhit
Jan 28, 2024


Overcrowding kills… and that’s what we are starting to see
~ Dr. Trevor Jain, Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians As Canada’s health systems strain, more private care would mark...

David Baxter
Jan 22, 2024


Can you remember the last time health care wasn’t in crisis?
OPINION: I can't remember the last time the system was functioning well. Who knows how bad it'll have to get before somebody does...

Matt Gurney
Jan 20, 2024


Ontario Expanding Private Surgery This Spring
Last Updated Wednesday, January 17, 2024 12:14 PM EST The Ontario government will be allowing even more private clinics to perform...

Waterloo Region Health Coalition
Jan 18, 2024


This newborn waited 5 hours for a doctor. Experts say Ontario's ER wait times have never been worse
Markham, Ont., man says 2-week-old son wasn't seen by triage nurse for an hour CBC News · Posted: Jan 06, 2024 5:00 AM EST | Last...

Patrick Swadden
Jan 8, 2024


Is Ontario Failing Hospital Staff? Union Demands Province Provide Support Amid Overwork Claims
TORONTO - Hospital workers are buckling under the pressure of heavy workloads largely brought about by a staffing crisis, an Ontario...

Jordan Omstead
Jan 3, 2024


Holiday wishes for our beleaguered health-care system
Health-care workers and experts share their wishes for Canada's health-care system this holiday season. Here’s what they had to say.

Maddi Dellplain
Dec 26, 2023


Ford's Alcohol-Sales Expansion: Ignorant or Innovative?
Premier Ford’s alcohol-sales expansion is reckless The dangers of excessive drinking — to individuals, families and the health-care...

Raghu Venugopal
Dec 23, 2023


A collapsing health-care system is Ontario’s real ‘new normal’
OPINION: The biggest takeaway from the auditor general’s report? Our hospitals are in deep trouble TVO Today Dec. 7, 2023 There was a...

Matt Gurney
Dec 19, 2023


Ontario's Community Health Crisis: Urgent Action Required for Staffing Solutions
NEWS PROVIDED BY Ontario Community Health 12 Dec, 2023, 09:00 ET The community health sector is witnessing an exodus of workers to other...

Ontario Community Health
Dec 18, 2023


Experts say Canada's health-care system isn't ready for an aging population – here's why
2023-12-18 from ctvnews.ca Sandy Marsh has been nursing a knee injury for eight months, suffering from a torn meniscus and Baker’s cyst....

Jennifer Ferreira
Dec 18, 2023


Saving Lives or Saving Money? The Battle Over Local Public Hospital Services
2023 Health Action Assembly & Annual Conference The Ford government is trying to close and diminish our local public hospital services....

Ontario Health Coalition
Dec 9, 2023


Empty ORs and waitlisted patients in Ontario: What's going wrong?
Thursday, November 23, 2023 Patients languish on wait lists while ORs sit empty, Ontario Health Coalition claims Group calling on...

Joanna Frketich
Dec 4, 2023


Don't Miss Out on the Ontario Health Coalition's On-Line Forum on November 28th
Ontario's Private Clinics Fiasco The Ontario Health Coalition Is Holding an On-Line Forum on Tuesday November 28th at 7 P.M. EDT If you...

Ontario Health Coalition
Nov 20, 2023


Conflict of Interest? Former Health Minister Advocates for For-Profit Hospital
November 20, 2023 14:38 ET| Source: Ontario Health Coalition Ford Government Expanded For-Profit Hospital in Violation of the Law and...

Ontario Health Coalition
Nov 20, 2023
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