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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Need a family doctor? Six tips from physicians for finding one in Ontario
Amid an worsening shortage of family physicians in the province, here are ways you can still find a family doctor. Kevin Jiang, staff...
Kevin Jiang
Jun 18
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
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
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
As Ontario pumps millions into private health care, public health will continue to suffer
June 5, 2025 “Governments get ensnared into a vicious cycle of their own making: The longer waits grow, the more pressure builds for them...
Iris Gorfinkel
Jun 10
Ontario bill will protect bad actors in long-term care homes, advocate says
CBC Tue, June 10, 2025 at 10:19 a.m. EDT Under a bill by Minister of Red Tape Reduction Andrea Khanjin, long-term care home inspection...
CBC News
Jun 10
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
‘There is something wrong’: Patients say they are paying out of pocket for cataract surgeries at private clinics
In Ontario, patients getting cataract surgery at private clinics pay up to thousands of dollars for operations advocates say should be...
Nathan Bawaan
Jun 8
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