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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


Captain Canada Seduces Ontario Voters
Perfect for Valentine's Day! Graeme MacKay's YouTube Channel Originally published in the Hamilton Spectator, Friday February 14, 2025....

Graeme MacKay
Feb 141 min read


'Our health-care system is failing': More than 74,000 Canadians died waiting for health care since 2018
A new report also indicates more than 15,000 people in Canada died in 2023-24 while waiting for surgeries and diagnostic scans. Updated...

Chris Stoodley
Jan 191 min read


Who will be the voice for those vulnerable seniors that suffered and died in Care Homes in dire circumstances during the Covid 19 pandemic?
The military was deployed to nursing homes in Ontario and Quebec to reinforce workers overwhelmed by the illness, unable to keep up with...

Joseph Amatruda
Jan 165 min read


Millions lack care in Ontario. Nurse Practitioners can help
By Michelle Acorn, NP January 11, 2025 As Ontario faces unprecedented health care challenges, the most clear and present danger to...

Michelle Acorn
Jan 131 min read


Ontario's family doctor shortage will 'get worse' without immediate intervention: experts
(File Photo) Jan. 8, 2025 6:16 a.m. EST As Ontario politicians scramble to come up with plans to address Ontario’s doctor shortage, the...

Codi Wilson
Jan 111 min read


Ten Health Care Predictions for 2025
THE YEAR AHEAD 2025 The family doctor crisis will finally start to ease, while pharmacists take centre stage in patient care. The battle...

Maclean's
Dec 31, 20241 min read


Parents say 'trust your gut' after infant sent home from hospital later diagnosed with meningitis
Baby has suffered seizures, strokes and is receiving care in London, family says Kathleen Saylors · CBC News · Posted: Dec 30, 2024...

Kathleen Saylors
Dec 31, 20241 min read


Holiday Message from Natalie Mehra
Dear all our members and supporters, As I sit down to write a holiday message to you that I hope has some meaning, I am thinking about a...

Natalie Mehra
Dec 29, 20247 min read


Hospital discharges, what rights do patients & their substitute decision-makers have?
Posted: December 20, 2024 At this webinar, Jane Meadus, lawyer and advocate at the Advocacy Centre for the Elderly, and Natalie Mehra,...

Waterloo Region Health Coalition
Dec 22, 20241 min read


How The Grinch stole family medicine: A tale of Ontario’s health crisis
Dec 18, 2024 by Alykhan Abdulla It began, not with a whisper, but a groan that echoed across my clinic and the community I serve. Like a...

Alykhan Abdulla
Dec 22, 20241 min read


Protesters shame Ontario government during pre-budget consultations
Healthcare top topic of concern for those protesting; voters urged to contact local MPPs and voice their displeasure Three local health...

Bob Ross
Dec 17, 20242 min read


Protest as MPPs come to Stratford on pre-budget tour:
Local citizens angry at Ford government for underfunding, privatizing & destroying our public health care plan to make their voices heard...

Waterloo Region Health Coalition
Dec 14, 20242 min read


2024 worst year for Ontario ER closures, CBC analysis finds
1 out of every 5 hospitals with an ER or urgent care centre had unplanned shutdowns Julie Ireton , Valerie Ouellet · CBC News · Posted:...

Julie Ireton
Dec 2, 20241 min read


Workers at one of Toronto’s largest nursing homes speak out on ‘chronic’ staffing shortages and ‘toxic’ work environments
The City of Toronto says it “does not tolerate discrimination or harassment” at any of its long-term-care homes. Oct. 22, 2024 Workers...

Kenyon Wallace
Oct 23, 20241 min read


Poorest Ontarians are less likely to access cataract surgeries
Aug. 26, 2024 As more cataract surgeries move to private clinics, more low-income Ontarians are being left behind, study finds Canadian...

Kenyon Wallace
Oct 23, 20241 min read


Graeme MacKay nails it!
Opinion | Oct. 18 editorial cartoon Oct. 18, 2024 Doug Ford’s $200 rebate cheques for every Ontarian are a classic pre-election gimmick...

Graeme MacKay
Oct 18, 20241 min read


Canada’s pharmacare bill is now law. What this means for you
By Katie Dangerfield Global News Posted October 11, 2024 1:41 pm WATCH: Pharmacare bill covering diabetes, birth control medications...

Katie Dangerfield
Oct 13, 20241 min read


Doctors want to practice medicine. Instead, we are buried in paperwork
By Dr. Adrianna Schamp, Contributor Dr. Adrianna Schamp (Malicki) grew up in Mississauga, studied in Toronto, and now practices family...

Adrianna Schamp
Sep 30, 20241 min read


Public health-care facilities projected to spend $1.5B on private nursing agencies in previous year: report
Private nursing agencies could cost Canadian health-care facilities approximately $1.5 billion in 2023-24, according to a new report...

CTV National News
Sep 26, 20241 min read
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