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Keep your blood money out of Ontario—why paid plasma donation is unethical
Violetta Zeitlinger Fontana │ March 8, 2024 │ Editorials, Signed Editorials Image by: Joseph Mariathasan Despite its potential for...

Violetta Zeitlinger Fontana
Apr 9, 2025


‘It’s a golden ticket’: U.S. doctors explain the urge to come to Canada
By Katie Dangerfield Global News Posted April 4, 2025 4:00 am WATCH: As political tensions and health-care layoffs roil the United...

Katie Dangerfield
Apr 9, 2025


‘If we close, people die’: Rural Ontario hospitals await ER staffing certainty
Rural and northern Ontario hospitals are anxiously awaiting word from the provincial government on a program that helps them keep...

Allison Jones
Apr 7, 2025


Cancer patient left on the hospital floor for hours
His family has lodged a complaint with Ontario’s Patient Ombudsman. It’s just one of thousands. The Patient Ombudsman’s 2023-24 annual...

Megan Ogilvie
Mar 13, 2025


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 14, 2025


The election should be about transforming health care, not Trump
Wouldn’t it be refreshing if opposition politicians started admitting they don’t have all the answers to the health-care crisis? Jan. 25,...

John Milloy
Jan 25, 2025


Crushing The People Who Care
Family and friend caregivers are the bedrock of Ontario’s caring system. They are also the least valued by the Ontario government. For...

Patricia Spindel
Oct 20, 2024


Your Ontario health care experiences: ‘Huge wait times. Poor quality care’
'Our government is not OK with that status quo,' says a spokesperson for the Health minister We asked you to share your health-care...

Jessica Smith Cross
Jun 14, 2024


ER closures across Ontario prompt public hearings on improving local hospitals
Public Hearings on Protecting and Improving Local Hospitals: Community members invited to give input June 4, 2024 In response to over 1,200 closures of emergency departments and local hospital services last year, the Ontario Health Coalition (OHC) is organizing public hearings across Ontario. According to the OHC, these hearings aim to develop recommendations to protect and improve local hospitals, with a focus on small, rural, and northern community hospitals. Mid-size and l

Hannah Schmidt
Jun 4, 2024


Stand Up for Public Healthcare!
If we don't, then who will? Did you vote for a US style privatized healthcare system ..NO! Then join our rally and reserve a seat on our...

Waterloo Region Health Coalition
May 14, 2024


Care Not Profit
On April 12, ONA members and allies will join all-out information pickets in communities across the province. These pickets will show our...

Ontario Nurses' Association
Apr 9, 2024


Province denies application for new family doctor in Elmvale
Springwater Township and family physician had lease agreement ready to go Apr 5, 2024 1:30 PM Working quietly behind the scenes for a...

Wayne Doyle
Apr 8, 2024


Credit Card or Health Card?
Posted April 6, 2024 Join the call to stop privatization NOW! All across the country, the majority of Canadians oppose the privatization...

Waterloo Region Health Coalition
Apr 6, 2024


Home Care Roundtable
To discuss the current state of home care in Ontario and what needs to be done to fix it, local Ontario Liberals and the Waterloo Region...

Ontario Liberal Party
Mar 13, 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


Don’t blame Doug Ford — he says everything is someone else’s fault
The premier has no trouble pointing elsewhere when he has his own troubles at home, Martin Regg Cohn writes. Tuesday, November 14, 2023...

Martin Regg Cohn
Nov 14, 2023


At What Cost?
Ontario hospital privatization and the threat to public health care AUTHOR(S): Andrew Longhurst NOVEMBER 2, 2023 Download Full Report...

Andrew Longhurst
Nov 8, 2023


The Power of a People’s Referendum
posted June 1, 2023 (June 1, 2023) By Natalie Mehra, Executive Director We know that the overwhelming majority of Ontarians do not want...

Natalie Mehra
May 31, 2023


Ford Government's New Healthcare Act Needs Public Consultation
There is no evaluation system for the vast new restructuring. It is called "The People's Health Care Act." But the new health care...

Ontario Health Coalition
Mar 19, 2019
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