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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...
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...
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...
Majority of Ontario hospitals are also forecasting budget deficits, according to a new report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Tina Yazdani May 11, 2026 The Trillium The Ford government says it is addressing capacity pressures inside hospitals, even as a new report finds a dramatic increase in emergency department wait times is putting patients at risk. The new research...
April 18, 2026 Dr. Vincent Lam, Guest Contributor at thestar.com Imagine the captain of a sinking boat saying to passengers, “Would you like a life jacket? Or a spot in a life raft?” Any sensible passenger would reply, “I will take both!” Living with an untreated substance addiction is not unlike being aboard...
John LaCombe’s body was found the same day the agency called his sister to say they were closing his file — because he wasn’t answering the phone. Elizabeth Payne, Ottawa Citizen Mon, March 23, 2026 An Ottawa man died alone in his apartment in January after the province’s homecare agency closed his file without seeing him because he wasn’t answering the phone. John...
Posted: March 13, 2026 By Ontario Health Coalition staff The Ontario and Manitoba Health Coalitions held a press conference this morning to respond to a report from CBC about two patients who died in Winnipeg after having their blood plasma harvested at centres owned by for-profit pharmaceutical corporation Grifols. Another report followed, of a man who is suing, alleging kidney damage...
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...
