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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 62 min read


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...

Elliott Wong
Jun 272 min read


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 272 min read


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 271 min read


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 181 min read


Enforce the Canada Health Act – stop user charges for patients!
Petition to the House of Commons, Prime Minister & Minister of Health We, the undersigned citizens and residents of Canada, draw the...

Ontario Health Coalition
Jun 181 min read


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 141 min read


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 102 min read


'A tax on sick people': Ottawa hospitals have record-breaking year for parking revenue
While Nova Scotia eliminated parking fees at all health-care sites across the province, Ottawa is building the city's largest paid...

Elizabeth Payne
Jun 21 min read


Band-Aid Budget: More cuts, less relief, and a missed opportunity to strengthen Ontario
May 15, 2025 QUEEN’S PARK - Marit Stiles, Leader of the Official Opposition NDP and Shadow Minister for Finance Jessica Bell (University...

Marit Stiles
May 191 min read


Health coalition calls on province to keep hospitals open
Caryn Lieberman May 14, 2025 May 14, 2025 Protesters staged a day of action at Queen’s Park on Wednesday calling for more funding for...

Caryn Lieberman
May 182 min read


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 61 min read


The leaders, their platforms and the truth
The Toronto Star April 24 2025 06:26 PM On Monday, voters across the country will head to polling stations to elect the nation’s next...

Toronto Star Staff
Apr 251 min read


Political Party Records on Health Care & Questions for Candidates
Ontario Health Coalition Federal Election 2025 QUESTIONS FOR CANDIDATES: Uphold & Enforce the Canada Health Act The Canada Health Act...

Ontario Health Coalition
Apr 132 min read


Meet the so-called 'bed-blockers' in Ontario's hospitals
Some 'alternate-level-of-care' patients the government wants out of hospitals are bedbound with feeding tubes, gaping wounds and no...

Jack Hauen
Apr 132 min read


Fourteen-hour wait at Vaughan hospital highlights staffing crisis in Ontario
By Brandon Choghri Posted April 7, 2025 10:30 pm. Healthcare workers say GTA hospitals are understaffed and over capacity, leading to...

Brandon Choghri
Apr 92 min read


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 22 min read


‘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 311 min read


Federal Election 2025: Vote Health Care
Canada’s public health care system is our most cherished achievement, but Medicare is under threat. by the Canadian Health Coalition...

Canadian Health Coalition
Mar 282 min read


Let's defend the public health system at all costs
Nazila Bettache, Doctor at the University of Montreal Hospital Centre Posted on March 16 PHOTO HUGO-SÉBASTIEN AUBERT, LA PRESSE ARCHIVES...

Nazila Bettache
Mar 232 min read
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