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Canadian healthcare is no longer the envy of the world
Once upon a time, Canada’s healthcare system was widely considered a model for the rest of the world, especially in countries where access to medical care was often tied to your job or your wealth. Not so any more...

Mary Apurong
Nov 1


New report shows 7,200 nurses could be cut in Ontario due to underfunding, on the heels of 13 layoffs announced in North Bay
If the Ford government fails to improve health-care funding, 7,263 nurses could be cut by 2027-28, further worsening Ontario’s number of nurses per capita.

Ontario Nurses' Association
Oct 30


Saskatoon man undergoes invasive medical procedures in hospital hallway due to overcapacity
Sask. NDP demands health minister apologize to patient's family Laura Sciarpelletti · CBC News · Posted: Oct 10, 2025 7:23 PM EDT Kay...

Laura Sciarpelletti
Oct 11


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 10


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 2


Ontario Patient Ombudsman report slams Health atHome’s bungling of medical supply shortages
Sept. 25, 2025 By Ana Pereira, Business Reporter for the Toronto Star Patient Ombudsman Craig Thompson describes home care as critical....

Ana Pereira
Sep 25


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 19


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 9


Ontario home care nurses demand same pay, benefits as hospital counterparts
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted September 8, 2025 12:52 pm Hundreds of home care nurses say they want to be paid the same as their...

Canadian Press
Sep 8


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 7


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


'Dr. Google': Ontario doctors warn of increase in DIY medicine
By Joshua Freeman Updated: July 09, 2025 at 7:48 PM EDT Ont. medical association warns against using AI, internet to self-diagnose amid...

Joshua Freeman
Jul 16


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


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


15 Ontario families were forced to surrender kids to CAS because they couldn’t get medical care, ombudsman reveals
The unsettling disclosure comes 20 years after the ombudsman first flagged forced abandonment as a concern — but systemic issues...

Amy Dempsey Raven
Jun 25


Red tape is forcing qualified nurses to leave Ontario
By Kelly Skjerven, May 6 2025 Steve Russell/The Star While Ontario deals with a chronic shortage of registered nurses — 26,000 are needed...

Kelly Skjerven
May 6


WEBINAR: Safe injection sites are under a major attack from the Ford government
Posted: March 21, 2025 Here is a recording and resources from our webinar on safe injection sites with DJ Larkin, Executive Director of...

Ontario Health Coalition
Mar 23


Hundreds of nurses rally outside Ontario hospitals to demand safer staffing levels
Hospital CEOs should implement registered nurse to patient ratios to improve workloads, union says Muriel Draaisma, Naama Weingarten ·...

Muriel Draaisma
Mar 21


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


Son says cancer patient was stuck in Hamilton hospital hallway for two days in ‘excruciating pain’
‘It’s like Grand Central Station and you’re stuck right in the middle of it’ March 7, 2025 By Joanna Frketich, Reporter Glenn...

Joanna Frketich
Mar 9
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