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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 31, 2025


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 28, 2025


Help stop the plundering of our public healthcare for profit
The Ontario Health Coalition Posted: August 28, 2025 Public hospitals’ operating rooms idle while patients wait Our public hospitals’...

Ontario Health Coalition
Aug 28, 2025


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, 2025


Your Ontario Health Coalition Membership
Dear our members and supporters, I wanted to write a heartfelt thank you for all that you do to make our movement to protect and...

Natalie Mehra
Aug 9, 2025


Beyond funding: Why money alone won’t save primary care
As a physician who has witnessed this crisis unfold over 40 years of practice, I believe we need to examine why increased funding alone...

Raymond Rupert
Aug 7, 2025


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, 2025


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 23, 2025


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 19, 2025


Canada’s ER closure crisis is deeper than you think
Closures hit rural hospitals hardest. Many aren’t tracked. Reporting by Kelly Grant, Tu Thanh Ha, and Yang Sun Data Analysis by Tang Sun...

Yang Sun
Jul 14, 2025


Webinar: Stopping runaway privatization of health care in Canada - organized by Canadian Health Coalition
by Tracy Glynn, National Director of Operations and Projects for the Canadian Health Coalition In Ontario, the Ford government has...

Tracy Glynn
Jul 14, 2025


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, 2025


Ontario is getting $7B from the tobacco settlement. Why the silence on where it’s going?
Jul 2, 2025 by Lesley James Sarah Butson Hillary Buchan-Terrell Ontario should pledge to invest part of the $7.3 billion it receives in tobacco and vape control initiatives and preventative measures. However, the Ontario government has not said a word – even with perfect opportunities like the release of the 2025 provincial budget and World No Tobacco Day on May 31, a day when governments often pledge their commitment to address tobacco use and vaping. Heart & Stroke, Cana

Healthy Debate
Jul 6, 2025


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, 2025


RELEASE: Health Coalition responds to shocking attack, calls on Health Minister to desist and instead answer for non-action on private clinics with the gravitas the issue deserves
Posted: June 26, 2025 The Ontario Health Coalition checks all the boxes! Toronto – Ontario Health Coalition executive director Natalie...

Ontario Health Coalition
Jun 27, 2025


Ontario health agency ordered to inform patients of major data which occurred in the spring
By Isaac Callan and Colin D'Mello, Global News Posted June 27, 2025 1:33 pm, Updated June 27, 2025 5:24 pm Premier Doug Ford, his health...

Isaac Callan
Jun 27, 2025


Ontario pledges $235M for primary care, and $14B for a hospital
Ontario’s family doctor crisis has left 2.5 million people without a provider. But most of this week’s health spending won’t fix that....

Canada Healthwatch
Jun 27, 2025


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, 2025


Local health care advocate 'shocked' by $225 bill at private clinic
Thunder Bay Health Coalition president Jules Tupker says he's one among hundreds of people across Ontario who have made complaints about...

Alicia Anderson
Jun 19, 2025


Enforce the Canada Health Act – stop user charges for patients!
Call on the Government of Canada to uphold and enforce the Canada Health Act and take all possible measures to stop the Ford government from violating it.

Ontario Health Coalition
Jun 18, 2025
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