57 h. ago Breast Cancer Canada Applauds Federal Commitment to Modernize Preventive Health Guidelines

Inclusion of experts, patient voices, and equity-focused policy reflects priorities long championed by Breast Cancer Canada TORONTO — Breast Cancer Canada proudly celebrates the federal government’s response to the External Expert Review (EER) of the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care, and the sweeping reforms it recommends to ensure preventive health guidance in Canada […]

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62 h. ago Opinion: Premier, government lack credibility, accountability on health care

It’s no secret I have strong views on the health procurement scandal that has plagued Alberta’s United Conservative Party since January. It’s a political and ethical mess — oozing, unresolved and growing harder to ignore. After I posted a thread on X about the premier’s increasingly incongruent approach to governance — criticizing the so-called “conservative” government’s […]

Politics

3 d. ago S&P/TSX composite index closes up as gold rises, U.S. markets also higher

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index pushed to another record close on Thursday, helped by a rise in the price of gold, while U.S. markets also closed higher after mixed trading earlier in the day. The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 91.59 points at 26,615.75 in broad gains that included telecoms, financials and health care, […]

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3 d. ago Montreal Grand Prix fans stuck paying turbocharged prices for accommodation

MONTREAL — Paula Wadden has been a huge Formula One fan ever since she got hooked on the Netflix show “Drive to Survive” a few years ago. But the Halifax-area health-care worker says watching the Grand Prix in Montreal this weekend comes with high-octane prices. The Montreal hotel where she’s spending the first part of […]

Economics

4 d. ago Opinion: Exercise improves cancer survival — and a Canadian study leads the way

Opinion: Brisk walking a few times a week can improve survival as much, or more, than many modern cancer drugs. The implications for cancer care — and for our health system — are profound

Science

5 d. ago Denley: Greed and deceit robbed Renfrew of better hospital care

A provincial investigator's report details a years’ long scheme by multiple senior managers to transfer health care dollars into their own pockets to the detriment of the hospital.

Science

5 d. ago Health officials hope innovators can help solve pressing issues

On Monday, frontline workers from Eastern Ontario pitched health-care challenges to a room full of innovators and entrepreneurs.

Science

6 d. ago B.C. government takes heat over marked growth in public payroll

The B.C. government is facing heat over a marked growth in the number of people on the public payroll in the province, even as health care and education suffer from shortages.

Politics

6 d. ago B.C. to restore housing aid to families with sick children in Vancouver hospitals

VICTORIA — The British Columbia government says it’s working to reverse changes that slashed accommodation funding for out-of-town parents whose children received specialized hospital care in Vancouver. Health Minister Josie Osborne says she has asked staff to review the family residence program after receiving criticism for changes to the program that became effective June 1. […]

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6 d. ago Senate Republicans Plan to Release Major Revisions to Trump’s Tax Bill

Senate Republicans intend to propose revised tax and health-care provisions to President Donald Trump’s $3 trillion signature economic package this week, shrugging off condemnations of the legislation by Elon Musk as they rush to enact it before July 4.

Politics

7 d. ago Labour’s Big Worry Is No One Will Feel Record Spending Surge

Britain’s Labour government will make an historic investment into the country’s battered public services this week — a £300 billion ($406 billion) uplift for areas such as health care, education and transport, amounting to the largest sustained funding increase since at least 2010.

Sport

8 d. ago Can these YouTube videos create a flood of medical professionals to B.C.?

The provincial government has launched a media blitz to lure disillusioned U.S. health care professionals north to B.C.

Events

1 week ago Ontario expediting process for U.S. doctors, nurses to work in province

Doctors and nurses licensed in the United States will soon be able to more easily practise in Ontario, under changes announced Thursday by the minister of health. Sylvia Jones says the move will increase the number of health-care professionals working in the province. The province is enabling qualified U.S.-licensed physicians, nurse practitioners, registered nurses, and […]

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1 week ago B.C. Public Sector Salaries Database: Find out how much public servants make

Our updated searchable database contains salary information for over, 170,000 public servants in B.C. earning at least $75,000, including those working in government, health care, policing and education.

Economics

1 week ago Ford remains popular, but half think Ontario is ‘on the wrong track’: Leger poll

Trade war leadership has boosted premier's popularity, but skepticism remains on housing, affordability and health care

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1 week ago Province officially opens involuntary treatment beds on grounds of Alouette correctional facility

The new facility at Alouette Correctional will not serve those already within the jail but rather be used to care for patients admitted under the Mental Health Act.

Economics

1 week ago B.C. officially opens involuntary treatment beds on grounds of Alouette correctional facility

The new facility at Alouette Correctional will not serve those already within the jail but rather be used to care for patients admitted under the Mental Health Act.

Economics

1 week ago Opinion: Province needs to make realistic investments in team

The Alberta government made improving access to primary care health services a priority in its health system reforms. Yet, the $644 million it announced in this year’s budget to connect every Albertan to a primary care team and improve access to front-line health services falls short of the funding necessary to achieve this. Family doctors […]

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2 w. ago Michael Higgins: A doctor’s quest to connect patients with private health

A new online platform helps connect patients with private surgeons throughout Canada

Science

2 w. ago Opinion: It's time to rebuild a strong public health presence in Alberta

Public health services in Alberta are increasingly sidelined and alarmingly diminished. Today, those of us with decades of service in the field are speaking out because core elements of Alberta’s public-health system are being quietly dismantled. Alberta’s health restructuring has split oversight of health-care services into siloed ministries for acute care, primary care, assisted living, […]

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