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The funds hospitals use to pay day-to-day bills have plummeted by $2.2 billion since 2020, says new report FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ontario Council of Hospital Unions August 14, 2026 OTTAWA – Ontario’s hospital crisis has hit a boiling point, says new report released today by CUPE’s Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU/CUPE). Citing the latest data, Pushed over the brink: the...
Researchers say prevailing theme of survey is ‘broken’ health-care system pushing physicians to the brink Lauren Pelley CBC News Posted: Jul 27, 2026 Dr. Kaitlin Stockton has watched far too many patients suffer in overflowing emergency departments. The Vancouver-based physician has given patients she just met a cancer diagnosis, with little privacy in the middle of...
Privatized healthcare reduces what should be a shared social risk to an individual burden, writes Sara Black McCulloch. July 3, 2026 By Sara Black McCulloch, Contributor Toronto Star In the American imagination, Canada’s medical system is aspirational. But people living in Canada know the distance from that pedestal to the floor. Our lived experiences have grounded those expectations. The...
Ontario NDP June 19th, 2026 HAMILTON and NICKEL BELT – NDP Shadow Minister for Mental Health, Addictions, and Primary Care, Dr. Robin Lennox (Hamilton Centre), and Shadow Minister of Health, France Gélinas (Nickel Belt) are standing with the Ontario Health Coalition who wrote a public letter to the Minister of Health amidst the decision of LifeLabs to send some Ontario lab samples to...
Here is what it took to finally be heard Experts warn that too many young people face difficulties in accessing tests and follow-up care during a period when every delay could prove critical. By Kevin Jiang Science and Life Reporter, and Megan Ogilvie Health Reporter Toronto Star June 20, 2026 https://waterloohealthcoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/The-New-Face-of-Cancer.mp4...
Posted: June 15, 2026 Ontario Health Coalition Dear Minister Jones, We are writing to ask that you stop LifeLabs/Quest from sending Ontario patients laboratory specimens to Quest’s reference laboratories in the United States and restore our public hospital outpatient laboratories. As you know, in August 2024, Quest completed its acquisition of LifeLabs. Since then, Quest, an...
June 11, 2026 Toronto Star By Iris Gorfinkel Contributor Iris Gorfinkel is a family physician and clinical researcher in Toronto. “I can’t take it any more. My knee is killing me and last night, I nearly fell.” My normally stalwart patient — a 72-year-old grandmother — was in tears. She could have fractured her hip. She wasn’t a surgical candidate and had already sat on a wait-list for...
And its website touts testimonials from doctors who may not exist Written by Erica Giancola and Zak Vescera Investigative Journalism Foundation June 8, 2026 Editor’s note: This story is a collaboration between the Investigative Journalism Foundation and TVO. The Ontario government approved a medical transcription tool even though its website advertised what seem to be fake...
