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New Financial Accountability Office review predicts both sectors will see a funding shortfall in 2027-28 Amy van den Berg CBC News Posted: Sep 24, 2026 The province’s health-care, university and college sectors will need to spend more to sustain their current service levels, according to reports from Ontario’s Financial Accountability Office (FAO). The...
Hamilton’s largest hospital network projecting $150-million deficit. Sept. 18, 2026 By Joanna Frketich The Hamilton Spectator Hamilton’s largest hospital network is cutting 413 jobs — including 143 nurses — as it grapples with a projected $150-million deficit. The Spectator has learned that Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) is looking to cut two per cent from clinical budgets and...
Charles MacDonald worked at Queen’s Park. He still wasn’t equipped to deal with Ontario’s health care system Sept. 19, 2026 By Steve Paikin Contributing Columnist Steve Paikin is a contributing columnist at the Star and the host of “The Paikin Podcast.” Charles MacDonald’s nickname is “The Hero” and it’s not hard to see why. In January 1990, when he was 16, the car he was...
“I knew that there were patients that were in pain and dying, literally dying, and not getting the help they needed … I didn’t have the support.” – Dr. Suzanne Godsoe Sept. 3, 2026 By Omar Mosleh Staff Reporter Toronto Star It was 4 a.m. when the emergency department chief assigned Dr. Suzanne Godsoe a patient, a woman in her 60s with signs of sepsis. She...
The predictable consequence to the gaps in our health funding? Private spending keeps growing faster than public Aug. 17, 2026 Toronto Star By Danyaal Raza, Contributor Dr. Danyaal Raza is an associate professor at the University of Toronto and a family doctor at St. Michael’s Hospital. Every budget cycle, we hear the same warning: public health-care spending is...
The $3.2 Billion Health Care Question the Ford Government Doesn’t Want You to Ask Aug. 13, 2026 Toronto Star By Iris Gorfinkel Contributor Iris Gorfinkel is a family physician and clinical researcher in Toronto. “There always has to be accountability … that’s the least of our issues.” — Premier Doug Ford By Oct. 1, Ontario will report on a $3.195 billion question: What...
The tumour-infiltrating lymphocyte therapy uses a patient’s own cells to train their immune system to attack cancer. By Megan Ogilvie, Health Reporter Toronto Star July 9, 2026 Alex Shved is running out of options — and out of time. The metastatic melanoma invading his body has stopped responding to standard treatments and is spreading unchecked through his bones and lungs. At...
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...
