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Was my wife’s hospital care an anomaly or the new normal in Ontario?
Oct 5, 2025 by Marvin Ross Over the past few years, I’ve written several articles praising the Canadian health-care system based on my...

Marvin Ross
Oct 102 min read


Dementia patient gets MAID after family member brought forward the request
Story by Sharon Kirkey Oct. 1, 2025 Questions are being raised around how MAID is being approved in Canada for people with dementia. A...

Sharon Kirkey
Oct 31 min read


Too Many Canadians Are Leaving Emergency Rooms Untreated
September 18, 2025 Emmanuelle B. Faubert Economic Note examining the number of people who leave emergency rooms untreated in each...

Emmanuelle B. Faubert
Sep 211 min read


Unsterile needles used at Burlington walk-in clinic for 6 years: health officials
Published: September 17, 2025 at 5:21 PM EDT By Bryann Aguilar The exterior of the Halton Family Health Centre Walk-in Clinic at 2951...

Bryann Aguilar
Sep 192 min read


Ontario considers expanding scopes of practice for health professionals
Ontario eyes more powers for health professionals TORONTO - Ontario is looking at giving several types of health professionals more...

Allison Jones
Sep 171 min read


CODE RED
Posted 2025-09-09 By the Ontario Health Coalition If we don't fight privatization now, we are going to lose our public health care. Make...

Ontario Health Coalition
Sep 152 min read


Sepsis is a 'public health emergency,' warn Canadian researchers after mother dies shortly after giving birth
CBC Mon, September 8, 2025 at 4:00 a.m. EDT Fatima Sheikh's research focuses on social determinants of health, which she says should be...

CBC News
Sep 91 min read


Ontario hospital nurses awarded 5.25 per cent in raises, but decry lack of staffing ratios
By Allison Jones The Canadian Press Posted September 4, 2025 6:35 am A nurse tends to a patient in the intensive care unit at the...

Allison Jones
Sep 71 min read


ER doctor sees harm inflicted on people waiting for pharmacare
August 27, 2025 By Steven Staples Canadian Health Coalition “From the front lines, I see how pharmacare isn’t just about equity; it’s...

Steven Staples
Aug 311 min read


Ontario couple whose teenage son died after 8-hour wait in ER calls for law reform
Family of Finlay van der Werken, 16, wants maximum emergency room wait times for children Rianna Lim · The Canadian Press · Posted: Aug...

Rianna Lim
Aug 281 min read


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 211 min read


Any governments across Canada that claim to prioritize the economy while dismantling our public health care have lost their moral compass
Posted by the Ontario Health Coalition July 17, 2025 Health Coalitions from across Canada issued a joint statement in advance of the...

Ontario Health Coalition
Jul 192 min read


‘We medicalize aging’: The case for meeting seniors’ home care needs
Thousands of Canada’s oldest seniors have unmet home care needs, making it difficult for them to stay healthy and remain in their homes...

Meagan Gillmore
Jul 121 min read


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


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 62 min read


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 191 min read


Most Ontarians support single-payer health care: poll
Marc Benoit Published Jun 12, 2025 Canadian Union of Public Employees researcher Doug Allen explained how most Ontarians strongly support...

Marc Benoit
Jun 141 min read


Most people in Waterloo Region face reduced access to privatized hospital services: new report
Polling shows 72 per cent of people in Western Ontario say it’s unacceptable for private clinics to charge patients CUPE Ontario, June...

CUPE Ontario
Jun 141 min read


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


Ontario bill will protect bad actors in long-term care homes, advocate says
CBC Tue, June 10, 2025 at 10:19 a.m. EDT Under a bill by Minister of Red Tape Reduction Andrea Khanjin, long-term care home inspection...

CBC News
Jun 102 min read
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