From fentanyl to meth: Canada's drug picture changes city by city
  • Sep 26, 2026

From fentanyl to meth: Canada's drug picture changes city by city

  • CBC News
Operation room nurse designs decibel monitors to track late night drag racers
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  • Sep 25, 2026

Operation room nurse designs decibel monitors to track late night drag racers

  • Edmonton Journal
Will Alberta's dual-practice model cut surgery wait times — or only for the rich?
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  • Sep 25, 2026

Will Alberta's dual-practice model cut surgery wait times — or only for the rich?

  • Edmonton Journal
There's a global pandemic treaty that's signed — and in 'limbo.' What's the holdup?
  • Sep 25, 2026

There's a global pandemic treaty that's signed — and in 'limbo.' What's the holdup?

  • npr
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  • Jonathan Lambert
Ontario launches flu and COVID-19 immunizations next week. Here’s when you can get your shot.
  • Sep 25, 2026

Ontario launches flu and COVID-19 immunizations next week. Here’s when you can get your shot.

  • CTV News
  •  — 
  • Phil Tsekouras

CMA Central

Putting health care on the agenda: What to watch as Parliament returns
  • Sep 25, 2026

Putting health care on the agenda: What to watch as Parliament returns

  • Canadian Medical Association
Canadian Medical Association updates code of ethics and professionalism
  • Sep 25, 2026

Canadian Medical Association updates code of ethics and professionalism

  • APTN
Q&A: This doctor says he's seeing the harms of social media on youth
  • Sep 22, 2026

Q&A: This doctor says he's seeing the harms of social media on youth

  • CBC News
A stronger Code for better care: CMA releases updated Code of Ethics and Professionalism
  • Sep 18, 2026

A stronger Code for better care: CMA releases updated Code of Ethics and Professionalism

  • Canadian Medical Association

Opinions

Will Alberta's dual-practice model cut surgery wait times — or only for the rich?
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  • Sep 25, 2026

Will Alberta's dual-practice model cut surgery wait times — or only for the rich?

  • Edmonton Journal
Why dementia is a stress test for Canadian healthcare
  • Sep 24, 2026

Why dementia is a stress test for Canadian healthcare

  • CHW Perspective
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  • Dr. Saskia Sivananthan
Canada's health-care workforce is growing. Teaching capacity is not
  • Sep 24, 2026

Canada's health-care workforce is growing. Teaching capacity is not

  • Healthy Debate
We must act now to protect Canadians living with chronic lung diseases
  • Sep 24, 2026

We must act now to protect Canadians living with chronic lung diseases

  • CHW Perspective
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  • Jeffrey Beach and Sarah Butson
What happens to health care if Alberta separates?
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  • Sep 21, 2026

What happens to health care if Alberta separates?

  • Edmonton Journal
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  • Braden Manns
Data make clear COVID-19 vaccines were a success
  • Sep 21, 2026

Data make clear COVID-19 vaccines were a success

  • Canadian Affairs

News

1.2M British Columbians have no family doctor — even as B.C. NDP touts success in physician recruitment
  • Sep 25, 2026

1.2M British Columbians have no family doctor — even as B.C. NDP touts success in physician recruitment

  • CBC News
Putting health care on the agenda: What to watch as Parliament returns
  • Sep 25, 2026

Putting health care on the agenda: What to watch as Parliament returns

  • Canadian Medical Association
Canadian Medical Association updates code of ethics and professionalism
  • Sep 25, 2026

Canadian Medical Association updates code of ethics and professionalism

  • APTN
London doctors perform Canada’s first ‘heart in a box’ transplant
  • Sep 25, 2026

London doctors perform Canada’s first ‘heart in a box’ transplant

  • London Free Press
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  • Brian Williams
Removal of 760,000 people from ACA marketplace could undermine US health system
  • Sep 25, 2026

Removal of 760,000 people from ACA marketplace could undermine US health system

  • The Guardian
Beyond “just talk”: Rethinking men’s mental health and suicide prevention in Canada
  • Sep 25, 2026

Beyond “just talk”: Rethinking men’s mental health and suicide prevention in Canada

  • Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Canada’s economy is losing $100B a year to illness and caregiving
  • Sep 25, 2026

Canada’s economy is losing $100B a year to illness and caregiving

  • Global News
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  • Uday Rana
Ontario deficit comes in better than projected at $13-billion
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  • Sep 25, 2026

Ontario deficit comes in better than projected at $13-billion

  • The Globe and Mail
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  • Liam Casey
Fifteen ER nurses leave Ontario hospital citing overcrowding, safety issues, union says
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  • Sep 24, 2026

Fifteen ER nurses leave Ontario hospital citing overcrowding, safety issues, union says

  • The Globe and Mail
Judge orders former AHS CEO to return dozens of documents
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  • Sep 24, 2026

Judge orders former AHS CEO to return dozens of documents

  • Edmonton Journal
Alberta advances $2.4 million for gambling addiction treatment
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  • Sep 24, 2026

Alberta advances $2.4 million for gambling addiction treatment

  • Edmonton Journal
Does your local craft brewer want to hide alcohol risks?
  • Sep 24, 2026

Does your local craft brewer want to hide alcohol risks?

  • The Tyee
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  • ANNIE BURNS-PIEPER

Podcasts

Alberta's "two-tier" challenge to public health care
  • Jul 29, 2026

Alberta's "two-tier" challenge to public health care

  • The Big Story
Hold the lettuce: Updates on the 'explosive' cyclospora outbreak
  • Jul 18, 2026

Hold the lettuce: Updates on the 'explosive' cyclospora outbreak

  • Science Friday
Grief built this treatment centre
  • Jul 13, 2026

Grief built this treatment centre

  • White Coat, Black Art
How post-traumatic stress led one paramedic to a new mission
  • Jul 04, 2026

How post-traumatic stress led one paramedic to a new mission

  • White Coat, Black Art
Woman's Tylenol overdose death prompts calls for smaller packaging: coroner
  • Sep 24, 2026

Woman's Tylenol overdose death prompts calls for smaller packaging: coroner

  • CTV News
Ontario's health-care, education sectors need to spend more or service levels will drop: FAO reports
  • Sep 24, 2026

Ontario's health-care, education sectors need to spend more or service levels will drop: FAO reports

  • CBC News
Congo running short of health workers as Ebola outbreak spreads, WHO says
  • Sep 24, 2026

Congo running short of health workers as Ebola outbreak spreads, WHO says

  • Global News
Alberta premier suggests $1,900 health premium for temporary residents
  • Sep 24, 2026

Alberta premier suggests $1,900 health premium for temporary residents

  • CTV News
  •  — 
  • Michael Franklin
Over 1,500 Quebec doctors call for coroner’s inquest into suicides in profession
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  • Sep 24, 2026

Over 1,500 Quebec doctors call for coroner’s inquest into suicides in profession

  • Toronto Star
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  • The Canadian Press
Court quashes OHIP denial of out-of-country treatment for man with terminal cancer
  • Sep 24, 2026

Court quashes OHIP denial of out-of-country treatment for man with terminal cancer

  • CTV News
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  • Allison Jones, The Canadian Press
P.E.I. reviews controversial private doctor service after premier ‘outraged’ by company
  • Sep 24, 2026

P.E.I. reviews controversial private doctor service after premier ‘outraged’ by company

  • CTV News
  •  — 
  • Maria Sarrouh
Merck’s drug for diabetes-related eye disease shows promise in trial
  • Sep 24, 2026

Merck’s drug for diabetes-related eye disease shows promise in trial

  • CTV News
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  • Christy Santhosh, Reuters
Will Alberta’s dual-practice model reduce surgery waits — or only for those who can pay?
  • Sep 24, 2026

Will Alberta’s dual-practice model reduce surgery waits — or only for those who can pay?

  • CBC News
  •  — 
  • Alexandra Mae Jones
Health Canada suspends collection at Manitoba donation site
  • Sep 23, 2026

Health Canada suspends collection at Manitoba donation site

  • CTV News
U.S. confirms 1st measles-related death of 2026
  • Sep 23, 2026

U.S. confirms 1st measles-related death of 2026

  • Global News
Health Canada suspends licence of Grifols site in Winnipeg
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  • Sep 23, 2026

Health Canada suspends licence of Grifols site in Winnipeg

  • The Globe and Mail
Doctors urge women to remove fallopian tubes to reduce ovarian cancer risk
  • Sep 23, 2026

Doctors urge women to remove fallopian tubes to reduce ovarian cancer risk

  • Global News
Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation receives $100M anonymous gift
  • Sep 23, 2026

Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation receives $100M anonymous gift

  • CBC News
Big tech says AI can find a cure for cancer. So where is it?
  • Sep 23, 2026

Big tech says AI can find a cure for cancer. So where is it?

  • The Guardian
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  • Jackson Ryan
Delays in Covid shots for kids is latest bid by Trump officials to restrict vaccines
  • Sep 23, 2026

Delays in Covid shots for kids is latest bid by Trump officials to restrict vaccines

  • The Guardian
Donating a kidney wasn’t enough for this Burlington woman. Why she became a rare double donor — and what a new study says about safety
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  • Sep 23, 2026

Donating a kidney wasn’t enough for this Burlington woman. Why she became a rare double donor — and what a new study says about safety

  • Toronto Star
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  • Anastasia Blosser
Ontario denied a life-saving drug to a Toronto man with months to live. Now a panel says the province must reconsider
  •  —
  • Sep 23, 2026

Ontario denied a life-saving drug to a Toronto man with months to live. Now a panel says the province must reconsider

  • Toronto Star
  •  — 
  • Megan Ogilvie
His addiction started with a toothache. Why Ontario’s older adults are facing an ‘overlooked and evolving’ opioid crisis
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  • Sep 23, 2026

His addiction started with a toothache. Why Ontario’s older adults are facing an ‘overlooked and evolving’ opioid crisis

  • Toronto Star
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  • Omar Mosleh
A look inside Atlantic Canada's life-saving helicopters
  • Sep 23, 2026

A look inside Atlantic Canada's life-saving helicopters

  • CBC News
Amid campaigns to loosen nicotine pouch rules, Canada's health minister responds
  • Sep 23, 2026

Amid campaigns to loosen nicotine pouch rules, Canada's health minister responds

  • CTV News
Opioid addiction among older Ontarians more than doubled over past decade, study finds
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  • Sep 23, 2026

Opioid addiction among older Ontarians more than doubled over past decade, study finds

  • The Globe and Mail
The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation just received $100 million donation from an anonymous donor
  • Sep 22, 2026

The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation just received $100 million donation from an anonymous donor

  • CTV News
Future of Emergency Treatment Fund up in the air as March 2027 deadline draws closer
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  • Sep 22, 2026

Future of Emergency Treatment Fund up in the air as March 2027 deadline draws closer

  • The Hill Times
  •  — 
  • Tessie Sanci
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