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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, 2025


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, 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


Health Coalition shocked and disappointed with court rulings in Bill 7 Charter Challenge and Orchard Villa case; vows to continue the fight to protect the rights of the elderly
March 13, 2025 Toronto – In a press conference this morning, the Ontario Health Coalition responded to court rulings in two cases...

Ontario Health Coalition
Mar 13, 2025


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, 2025


Congratulations, Doug Ford. Now I’m begging you, please start doing your actual job
By Richard Warnica, Staff Reporter March 2, 2025 Ontario Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford speaks to supporters after he was...

Richard Warnica
Mar 4, 2025


Politically Correct Licence Plate
Posted by James G. Wigmore on X February 26, 2025 James G. Wigmore @JGWigmore Buy one for Doug Ford's car!

James G. Wigmore
Feb 26, 2025


Doug Ford’s ‘Got It Done’ list
Theo Moudakis: Award Winning Editorial Cartoonist, Toronto Star, and National Treasure Feb. 26, 2025 Theo Moudakis for Toronto Star

Theo Moudakis
Feb 26, 2025


How Doug Ford’s Policies Are Damaging Ontario’s Healthcare System
Ontario patients are suffering from hallway medicine, nursing shortages, chronic underfunding and more under Doug Ford by Rumneek Johal,...

Rumneek Johal
Feb 25, 2025


Doug Ford has failed to fix Ontario's ER hospital crisis
In 2018, Ford promised to end hallway health care. Not only has it worsened; it is now institutionalized. Dr. Raghu Venugopal and Dr....

Raghu Venugopal
Feb 23, 2025


She waited 40 hours in the ER, surrounded by sick patients. It was the most dangerous place she could be — and a worsening reality in Ontario
A long wait for a woman who was very vulnerable to infection was a stark example of the problems in Ontario’s emergency departments. By...

Megan Ogilvie
Feb 23, 2025


Did Doug Ford deliver on his promises to fix Ontario health care? From hospitals to long-term care and mental health, here’s what’s changed
With election day looming, the Star examined the government’s record in three key areas. Joy SpearChief-Morris Feb. 22, 2025 Cortellucci...

Joy SpearChief-Morris
Feb 23, 2025


Ontario provincial election will affect health care greatly: Choose wisely
Feb 19, 2025 by Sonika Kainth Dear fellow Ontarians, With a provincial election coming in a few days, there are a few things we should...

Sonika Kainth
Feb 22, 2025


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 18, 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


Doctor orders: All provincial parties promise access to care for all Ontarians in coming years
The three major parties each say they have a plan to address gaps in family doctor service. Feb. 9, 2025 Waterloo Region Record Tories...

Kristin Rushowy
Feb 9, 2025


What a jaw-dropping scene says about Ontario’s worsening family doctor crisis
Desperately seeking a family doctor. What a striking scene in one small Ontario town says about a brewing crisis. A queue for 500...

Megan Ogilvie
Jan 20, 2025


'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 19, 2025


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 11, 2025


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, 2024
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