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Written by Alyssa Pretty Friends of Medicare September 9, 2026 For Immediate Release EDMONTON — Prime Minister Carney, his Cabinet Ministers, and secretaries of State will all be meeting in Banff, Alberta tomorrow and Friday for their Cabinet Planning Forum. Unfortunately, protecting and strengthening public health care continues to be absent from the federal government’s agenda as...
“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 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...
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...
Ontario Health Coalition May 26, 2026 Someone asked us if protests — like the giant protest Thursday May 28 to stop Ford’s privatization of our hospitals & health care — ever accomplished anything. We thought it was a fair question. The answer is YES — and we put together the list for you! While it is rare that any one single event wins completely...
News provided by Ontario Medical Association Mar 24, 2026, 09:11 ET TORONTO, March 24, 2026 /CNW/ – Ontario’s doctors are calling on the provincial government to modernize the province’s outdated OHIP billing system, using innovative solutions like AI to reduce red tape and ensure patients can access the care they need. OHIP has failed to keep pace with modern...
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...
Waterloo Region Health Coalition March 6, 2024 Students for Public Health Laurier (SPHL) has officially launched as a student-led collective dedicated to translating academic theory into tangible community action. A launch event in the Dr. Alvin Woods Building on the WLU Waterloo campus, featuring Jim Stewart, Chair of the Waterloo Health Coalition. Recognizing a gap between classroom...
