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Kenyon Wallace
Dec 13, 20241 min read
‘Patients at risk.’ Doctors raise alarm over new long-term-care role for nurse practitioners
Proposed change has been a “long-time coming,” says Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario CEO Doris Grinspun. “Let’s move on and do...
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Kenyon Wallace
Nov 11, 20242 min read
Home care supply shortage due to mistakes by Ontario Health and Ontario Health atHome, sources say
Nov. 11, 2024 Ontario Health atHome says it is doing everything it can to address the situation and “continuing to look for opportunities...
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Kenyon Wallace
Oct 23, 20241 min read
Home-care patients say critical medical supplies have stopped arriving since Ontario government changed distribution system
Ontario Health Minister Sylvia Jones says the government is working with Ontario Health atHome to resolve the “completely unacceptable”...
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Kenyon Wallace
Oct 23, 20241 min read
Workers at one of Toronto’s largest nursing homes speak out on ‘chronic’ staffing shortages and ‘toxic’ work environments
The City of Toronto says it “does not tolerate discrimination or harassment” at any of its long-term-care homes. Oct. 22, 2024 Workers...
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Katie Dangerfield
Oct 13, 20241 min read
Canada’s pharmacare bill is now law. What this means for you
By Katie Dangerfield Global News Posted October 11, 2024 1:41 pm WATCH: Pharmacare bill covering diabetes, birth control medications...
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Steven Staples
Sep 26, 20241 min read
Poilievre vows to scrap pharmacare if given the chance
Despite 63% of Conservative voters supporting pharmacare, poll finds Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre has been a bit cagey...
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Lisa Johnson
Jul 5, 20241 min read
Alberta town declares health crisis, must pay to keep clinic open as doctor roster dwindles
Hinton mulls paying $500,000 to keep remaining clinic open Lisa Johnson · CBC News · Posted: Jul 04, 2024 8:56 AM EDT | Last Updated: 9...
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Jessica Smith Cross
Jun 14, 20241 min read
Your Ontario health care experiences: ‘Huge wait times. Poor quality care’
'Our government is not OK with that status quo,' says a spokesperson for the Health minister We asked you to share your health-care...
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Rosa Marchitelli
Jun 13, 20241 min read
She's living with a needle left in her spine, yet no one will tell her which doctor did it
Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons criticized for botching investigations into patient's complaints Rosa Marchitelli, Jenn Blair...
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Dom Lucyk
May 29, 20243 min read
OPE-ED: Need health care in Canada? Get a public relations team!
By Dom Lucyk- April 29, 2024 What’s the first thing that pops into your head when you think of the Canadian health care system? If you’ve...
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Waterloo Region Health Coalition
May 14, 20241 min read
Stand Up for Public Healthcare!
If we don't, then who will? Did you vote for a US style privatized healthcare system ..NO! Then join our rally and reserve a seat on our...
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Ontario Nurses' Association
May 12, 20241 min read
Bill 135 Will Cause Home Care Chaos
Privatization, Precarity, Profit: Healthcare Unions Speak Up for Home Care Services ONA President Erin Ariss, RN, stood in solidarity...
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John Cartwright
May 11, 20241 min read
We’ve seen claims of ‘Common Sense’ before and it wasn’t pretty
Each time I hear Pierre Poilievre repeat his “common sense” slogan, my mind leaps back to the turmoil in Ontario during the Common Sense...
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Deb Boekestein
May 4, 20241 min read
Trapped in bed, I’ve grown accustomed to hunger and despair — a year in LTC
I am on every crisis list to get out of this nursing home, even willing to move away from family for proper care. May 4, 2024 Deb...
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Waterloo Region Health Coalition
May 4, 20241 min read
Stop the privatization of our public health care
Ontario funds its public hospitals at the lowest rate in Canada. Every service that has been cut from our public hospitals has been...
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Ontario Nurses' Association
May 1, 20242 min read
Nurses and health-care professionals picket to protest profits in nursing homes
Media Statement: Nurses and health-care professionals picket to protest profits in nursing homes For-profit Extendicare CEO keynote...
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Amie Archibald-Varley
Apr 30, 20242 min read
To transform Canadian health care, we must listen to the wisdom of nurses
AMIE ARCHIBALD-VARLEY AND SARA FUNG CONTRIBUTED TO THE GLOBE AND MAIL April 29, 2024 Amie Archibald-Varley and Sara Fung are nurses and...
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Erin Ariss
Apr 24, 20241 min read
Ford could break Ontario’s fractured home-care system
Just as the province sees an explosion in demand for home care, it is plunging this service into chaos. By Erin Ariss, Fred Hahn and J.P....
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Ontario Nurses' Association
Apr 9, 20241 min read
Care Not Profit
On April 12, ONA members and allies will join all-out information pickets in communities across the province. These pickets will show our...
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Michael Wolfson
Mar 8, 20242 min read
Accountability in long-term care
Without concerted action, problems in long-term care will continue to fester, and indeed grow with Canada’s aging population. Thursday,...
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