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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


Patients before paperwork: Leveraging AI as a tool in primary care
Jun 23, 2025 by Elliott Wong The numbers for family medicine paint a bleak picture. • By 2026, it is estimated that 4.4 million...

Waterloo Region Health Coalition
Jun 27, 2025


Managing the Pitt. Experts discuss how to cope with the stresses of emergency medicine
by Maddi Dellplain Jun 18, 2025 “The average emergency room doctor gets pulled from Task A to Task B every three to five minutes.” … ...

Maddi Dellplain
Jun 27, 2025


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 14, 2025


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 14, 2025


Ontario baby dies after being born prematurely with measles, other complications
By Prisha Dev Global News Posted June 5, 2025 1:17 pm Updated June 6, 2025 7:54 am An infant has died in Southwestern Ontario after...

Prisha Dev
Jun 9, 2025


‘This Will Make You a Better Doctor’
May 27, 2025 by Danielle Penney There is nothing in a textbook that prepares you for the moment you’re staring at a graph of your...

Danielle Penney
Jun 1, 2025


Ontario has a family doctor crisis. Here’s one reason why it’s hard to find one
A study published Tuesday found that while there are now more family doctors practising here, fewer are providing full-service family...

Megan Ogilvie
Jun 1, 2025


Hollowed out: Ontario public hospitals and the rise of private staffing agencies
May 12, 2025 | Written by: Andrew Longhurst Summary Ontario public hospitals are under intense pressure. Provincial funding and policy...

Andrew Longhurst
May 13, 2025


Rise in for-profit agency nurse costs in Ontario hospitals 'exorbitant,' says researcher
Hospitals turn to staffing agencies when they can't fill shifts, which further exacerbates staffing shortages Amina Zafar · CBC News ·...

Amina Zafar
May 12, 2025


Shoppers Drug Mart billed Ontario tens of millions. A former owner claims rampant abuse
Three former Shoppers pharmacists say they faced intense corporate pressure to meet growing quotas. Shoppers says there’s “an important...

Kenyon Wallace
May 10, 2025


If measles was a problem, Ford would be on top it, right?
Health Minister Sylvia Jones insists Ontario’s strategy to fight measles is working despite a growing number of cases that included a...

Waterloo Region Health Coalition
May 9, 2025


Ontario health minister defends province's approach amid worsening measles outbreak
Liberal health critic Dr. Adil Shamji, an emergency room physician, said he was flabbergasted by Minister of Health Sylvia Jones’s...

Canadian Press
May 8, 2025


Doug Ford has failed miserably to protect Ontario from a surge of measles
By Martin Regg Cohn | Political Columnist | May 7, 2025 Premier Doug Ford is shown in Mississauga on April 30, 2025. Chris Young/The...

Martin Regg Cohn
May 7, 2025


Should provinces crack down on illegal healthcare fees?
Opposition proposes suspensions and fines for providers, clinics charging unlawful fees. Canada Healthwatch: The Weekly Dose — May 5,...

Canada Healthwatch
May 5, 2025


Thessalon residents fight to save hospital amid ongoing closures
Local resident Mary-Jane Thompson is going to Queens Park on May 14, to try to save the Thessalon hospital. 'We must advocate for change...

Lisa Rene-de-Cotret
May 5, 2025


Desperate to walk again, this 25-year-old Ontario woman is ready to pay $40K for U.S. spinal assessment
Ontario spine specialists say they're experiencing long wait times Isha Bhargava · CBC News · Posted: Apr 22, 2025 5:00 AM EDT Sydney...

Isha Bhargava
Apr 22, 2025


Ontario: the biggest loser in primary care
Data analysis shows 240 family physicians left the profession in 2023 – highest number in recent history and much higher than any other...

Boris Kralj
Apr 2, 2025


‘I can’t do this’: Nurse practitioner burnout may be Ontario’s next health-care crisis
By Prisha Dev, Global News Posted March 29, 2025 4:00 am 1 in 3 nurse practitioners report experiencing burnout. NP Circle Survey 2025....

Prisha Dev
Mar 31, 2025
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