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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...
Patients across the country can spend days on stretchers and in storage rooms waiting for beds Natalie Stechyson, CBC News Posted: Mar 13, 2026 Six days in an overflow stretcher. Beds in storage rooms. Patients dying in their seats. No, we’re not describing an episode of HBO’s gritty medical drama The Pitt. These are real-life scenes playing out in Canada’s emergency...
CUPE says the province’s funding plan will deepen staffing shortages, expand wait times, and push more patients into hallway and waiting room care. Janiece Campbell, Now Toronto March 2 2026 What to know Health-care workers rallied outside Premier Doug Ford’s Etobicoke office Monday to protest the province’s plan to cut hospital funding by 10 per cent over three years. CUPE says...
THE LOCAL February 6, 2026 Feature by Kunal Chaudhary “We are compromising on our professional integrity for sales.” At corporate pharmacies like Shoppers Drug Mart, pharmacists say they face overwhelming pressure from their parent companies to perform medically unnecessary tasks in the interest of profit. The first thing you need to understand, says Michael, is that “there’s not actually a...
By Lyndsay Aelick and Dan Bertrand Published: February 07, 2026 at 5:45PM EST Ontario’s Official Opposition held a press conference at Queen’s Park on Thursday, alleging that provincial government policies are exacerbating a crisis in hospitals, leading to dangerous patient overcrowding and mounting institutional debt. New Democrat MPPs France Gélinas and Dr. Robin Lennox, the party’s shadow...