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Ontario hospitals told to find savings; ministry doesn't rule out service cuts
Service reductions and bed closures will be considered only if lower-risk measures exhausted: ministry Allison Jones · The Canadian Press · Posted: Oct 20, 2025 2:03 PM EDT Ontario's Ministry of Health tasked hospitals to plan to balance their budgets within three years, assuming annual funding increases of two per cent — half of what they have received in recent years. (Patrick Morrell/CBC News) Ontario's Ministry of Health has tasked hospitals struggling with deficits to co

Allison Jones
Oct 21


Fill the Legislature Galleries on Wed Oct 29 to stop private clinics charging patients
At stake is our public medicare, health services and funding in our local public hospitals. Don’t let Ford destroy them.

Waterloo Region Health Coalition
Oct 19


Half of doctors still facing burnout: CMA survey
The survey reveals 46 per cent of physicians report high levels of burnout , a slight decline from 53 per cent in 2021, but still well above pre-pandemic levels. By Mason DePatie Published: October 15, 2025 at 9:32 AM EDT A survey from the Canadian Medical Association finds doctors are still facing serious mental health challenges, years after the COVID-19 pandemic. Five years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, nearly half of Canadian physicians say they’re still deali

Mason De Patie
Oct 17


Ontario hospitals say they have $1 billion in funding needs
Hospitals struggling to bring in more money without hitting patients' pocketbooks, association says Allison Jones · The Canadian Press · Posted: Oct 08, 2025 'Hospitals are facing kind of a multitude of complex challenges,' says Melissa Prokopy with the Ontario Hospital Association. The organization is asking the province to increase funding for hospitals in the province to cover a $1 billion deficit. (Nicole Osborne/The Canadian Press) Ontario hospitals need an additional $1

Allison Jones
Oct 13


Saskatoon man undergoes invasive medical procedures in hospital hallway due to overcapacity
Sask. NDP demands health minister apologize to patient's family Laura Sciarpelletti · CBC News · Posted: Oct 10, 2025 7:23 PM EDT Kay...

Laura Sciarpelletti
Oct 11


Standing Strong: Combatting the Ford Government's Hospital Privatization Plans
2025-10-04 Waterloo Region Health Coalition It was a warm, sunny Saturday morning – a wonderful day for a rally. AND RALLY WE DID! ...

Waterloo Region Health Coalition
Oct 6


Ford's hiring freeze hurts Ontario homecare workers
Canadian Union of Public Employees Oct 2, 2025 Doug Ford has once again put Ontario homecare patients last. His announcement on Friday of...

CUPE Ontario
Oct 3


Fightback Against Ford Government’s Expanding Hospital Privatization Plans
Natalie Mehra, Executive Director, Ontario Health Coalition 2025-09-22 At this point, the Ford government knows that seniors are being...

Natalie Mehra
Sep 28


CODE RED
Posted 2025-09-09 By the Ontario Health Coalition If we don't fight privatization now, we are going to lose our public health care. Make...

Ontario Health Coalition
Sep 15


Ontario home care nurses demand same pay, benefits as hospital counterparts
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted September 8, 2025 12:52 pm Hundreds of home care nurses say they want to be paid the same as their...

Canadian Press
Sep 8


Help stop the plundering of our public healthcare for profit
The Ontario Health Coalition Posted: August 28, 2025 Public hospitals’ operating rooms idle while patients wait Our public hospitals’...

Ontario Health Coalition
Aug 28


Why Ontario Needs Safe Nurse Staffing Levels
“The public needs to know that without better working conditions and more nurses, the system is never going to recover.” – Oncology nurse...

Marc Woodhouse
Aug 21


Beyond funding: Why money alone won’t save primary care
As a physician who has witnessed this crisis unfold over 40 years of practice, I believe we need to examine why increased funding alone...

Raymond Rupert
Aug 7


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


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


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


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 27


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 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


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
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