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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...

Kenyon Wallace
Oct 23, 20241 min read
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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...

Katie Dangerfield
Oct 13, 20241 min read
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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...

Steven Staples
Sep 26, 20241 min read
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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...

Lisa Johnson
Jul 5, 20241 min read
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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...

Jessica Smith Cross
Jun 14, 20241 min read
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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...

Rosa Marchitelli
Jun 14, 20241 min read
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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...

Dom Lucyk
May 29, 20243 min read
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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...

Waterloo Region Health Coalition
May 14, 20241 min read
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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...

Ontario Nurses' Association
May 12, 20241 min read
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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...

John Cartwright
May 12, 20241 min read
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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...

Deb Boekestein
May 4, 20241 min read
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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...

Waterloo Region Health Coalition
May 4, 20241 min read
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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...

Ontario Nurses' Association
May 1, 20242 min read
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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...

Amie Archibald-Varley
Apr 30, 20242 min read
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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....

Erin Ariss
Apr 25, 20241 min read
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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...

Ontario Nurses' Association
Apr 9, 20241 min read
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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,...

Michael Wolfson
Mar 8, 20242 min read
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‘Health care in this province sucks’
Hundreds wait for chance to get doctor in Kingston, Ont. Shane Gibson, Global News Posted February 28, 2024 5:02 pm Updated February 29,...

Shane Gibson
Mar 3, 20241 min read
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Massive new survey finds widespread frustration with access to primary health care
OurCare Initiative finds primary care is the top concern as 6 million people go without a family doctor CBC News · Posted: Feb 27, 2024 A...

John Paul Tasker
Feb 29, 20241 min read
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Stop Orchard Villa's Licence Renewal
Health advocates asking judge to quash licence renewal for Pickering’s Orchard Villa February 13, 2024 Advocates and family members are...

DurhamRadioNews.com
Feb 18, 20241 min read
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