Are you waiting to see a specialist in B.C.? So are 1.2 million others
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  • Mar 05, 2026

Are you waiting to see a specialist in B.C.? So are 1.2 million others

  • Vancouver Sun
Alberta promises billions for health care, but new hospital towers are still years away
  • Mar 05, 2026

Alberta promises billions for health care, but new hospital towers are still years away

  • CBC News
Contaminated drinking water can last months or even years after wildfires: Canadian study
  • Mar 05, 2026

Contaminated drinking water can last months or even years after wildfires: Canadian study

  • Vancouver Sun
Can a digital tablet cut back a country's overuse of antibiotics?
  • Mar 05, 2026

Can a digital tablet cut back a country's overuse of antibiotics?

  • npr
We're blaming our overstuffed ERs, excruciating surgery waits and family doctor deserts on exactly the wrong people
  • Mar 05, 2026

We're blaming our overstuffed ERs, excruciating surgery waits and family doctor deserts on exactly the wrong people

  • Toronto Star
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  • Iris Gorfinkel

CMA Central

Sask. doctors losing more than 10 hours a week to paperwork
  • Mar 05, 2026

Sask. doctors losing more than 10 hours a week to paperwork

  • 650 CKOM
AI health misinformation is getting harder to spot. Canadians are falling for it, expert warns
  • Mar 04, 2026

AI health misinformation is getting harder to spot. Canadians are falling for it, expert warns

  • CTV News
Outspoken health advocate Joss Reimer talks about finding ‘common ground’ with government as she becomes Canada’s top doctor
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  • Mar 02, 2026

Outspoken health advocate Joss Reimer talks about finding ‘common ground’ with government as she becomes Canada’s top doctor

  • The Hill Times
Survivors call on Ottawa to pass bill to criminalize forced or coerced sterilization
  • Feb 27, 2026

Survivors call on Ottawa to pass bill to criminalize forced or coerced sterilization

  • The Canadian Press

Opinions

We're blaming our overstuffed ERs, excruciating surgery waits and family doctor deserts on exactly the wrong people
  • Mar 05, 2026

We're blaming our overstuffed ERs, excruciating surgery waits and family doctor deserts on exactly the wrong people

  • Toronto Star
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  • Iris Gorfinkel
Menopausal hormone therapy is free in B.C. and Manitoba. Why not in the rest of Canada?
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  • Mar 05, 2026

Menopausal hormone therapy is free in B.C. and Manitoba. Why not in the rest of Canada?

  • The Globe and Mail
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  • Andre Picard
Colon cancer often doesn’t wait for age 50. Screening doesn’t have to, either
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  • Mar 05, 2026

Colon cancer often doesn’t wait for age 50. Screening doesn’t have to, either

  • Saltwire
The world wants to ban children from social media, but there will be grave consequences for us all
  • Mar 05, 2026

The world wants to ban children from social media, but there will be grave consequences for us all

  • The Guardian
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  • Taylor Lorenz
Refugee benefits a better deal than our healthcare
  • Mar 02, 2026

Refugee benefits a better deal than our healthcare

  • Penticton Herald
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  • Dan Albas
There's too much red tape in Canadian health care
  • Feb 27, 2026

There's too much red tape in Canadian health care

  • Healthing
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  • Margot Burnell and Corinne Pohlmann

News

Medical travel passengers stuck at a Nunavut airport say they were left cold with little food and water
  • Mar 05, 2026

Medical travel passengers stuck at a Nunavut airport say they were left cold with little food and water

  • CBC News
'Scientifically not a good idea,' says researcher whose work informed B.C.'s daylight-time decision
  • Mar 05, 2026

'Scientifically not a good idea,' says researcher whose work informed B.C.'s daylight-time decision

  • CBC News
'We feel betrayed': Disability community says provincial budget 'punches down'
  • Mar 05, 2026

'We feel betrayed': Disability community says provincial budget 'punches down'

  • CBC News
Amazon launches AI enabled platform in the U.S. to automate healthcare administrative tasks
  • Mar 05, 2026

Amazon launches AI enabled platform in the U.S. to automate healthcare administrative tasks

  • Reuters
Alberta poached almost 70 nurses from Philippines since 2022 — but was it enough?
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  • Mar 05, 2026

Alberta poached almost 70 nurses from Philippines since 2022 — but was it enough?

  • Calgary Herald
Trump administration is failing to address spread of measles, experts say
  • Mar 05, 2026

Trump administration is failing to address spread of measles, experts say

  • The Guardian
Thousands of P.E.I. patients left looking for family doctors as physicians leave practices
  • Mar 05, 2026

Thousands of P.E.I. patients left looking for family doctors as physicians leave practices

  • CTV News
Sask. doctors losing more than 10 hours a week to paperwork
  • Mar 05, 2026

Sask. doctors losing more than 10 hours a week to paperwork

  • 650 CKOM
Vancouver hospital should 'never' be diverting pregnant patients, says trauma surgeon
  • Mar 05, 2026

Vancouver hospital should 'never' be diverting pregnant patients, says trauma surgeon

  • CBC News
Canadian drinking water still at risk long after wildfires
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  • Mar 04, 2026

Canadian drinking water still at risk long after wildfires

  • University of British Columbia
Weight loss drugs may stop people getting addicted to drugs and alcohol, study finds
  • Mar 04, 2026

Weight loss drugs may stop people getting addicted to drugs and alcohol, study finds

  • The Guardian
Appeal Court tosses case brought by B.C. health executive fired for vaccine refusal
  • Mar 04, 2026

Appeal Court tosses case brought by B.C. health executive fired for vaccine refusal

  • The Canadian Press

Podcasts

Myth or Medicine with Nick Tsergas
  • Feb 26, 2026

Myth or Medicine with Nick Tsergas

  • Toronto Today
The deadly impacts of Canada's lack of race-based health data
  • Feb 26, 2026

The deadly impacts of Canada's lack of race-based health data

  • The Big Story
The Man Flu
  • Feb 26, 2026

The Man Flu

  • The Body of Evidence
Think It’s Not Your Heart? Think Again.
  • Feb 26, 2026

Think It’s Not Your Heart? Think Again.

  • The Doc Talk Podcast
UK covid inquiry reaches 'bittersweet' final day of witness testimony
  • Mar 04, 2026

UK covid inquiry reaches 'bittersweet' final day of witness testimony

  • The Guardian
Meth detention and other health-care issues dominate first day of legislature sitting
  • Mar 04, 2026

Meth detention and other health-care issues dominate first day of legislature sitting

  • The Canadian Press
Top FDA drug official is trying to hire a friend who's seeking to put pregnancy warnings on antidepressants
  • Mar 04, 2026

Top FDA drug official is trying to hire a friend who's seeking to put pregnancy warnings on antidepressants

  • Associated Press
MAID applicants should have more mental health support, says Quebec coroner
  • Mar 04, 2026

MAID applicants should have more mental health support, says Quebec coroner

  • The Canadian Press
Health-tech startup targets hospital procurement inefficiencies
  • Mar 04, 2026

Health-tech startup targets hospital procurement inefficiencies
Most Patients Keep Weight Off With Fewer GLP-1 Shots, Study Finds
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  • Mar 04, 2026

Most Patients Keep Weight Off With Fewer GLP-1 Shots, Study Finds

  • The New York Times
Are Canada's radon guidelines 'failing to protect Canadians' from lung cancer?
  • Mar 04, 2026

Are Canada's radon guidelines 'failing to protect Canadians' from lung cancer?

  • CBC News
Gen Z flocks to traditional Chinese medicine as trust in US health system plummets
  • Mar 04, 2026

Gen Z flocks to traditional Chinese medicine as trust in US health system plummets

  • The Guardian
'A constant stream' of serious flu cases leaves hundreds dead in Alberta
  • Mar 04, 2026

'A constant stream' of serious flu cases leaves hundreds dead in Alberta

  • CTV News
Resigning doctor shares frustrations with Health P.E.I.
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  • Mar 04, 2026

Resigning doctor shares frustrations with Health P.E.I.

  • Saltwire
3 million Canadians use GLP-1 drugs. Survey says that's changing their appetites — and habits
  • Mar 04, 2026

3 million Canadians use GLP-1 drugs. Survey says that's changing their appetites — and habits

  • CBC News
'It won't be violent. I won't be alone': Canadian hoping for MAID for mental illness
  • Mar 04, 2026

'It won't be violent. I won't be alone': Canadian hoping for MAID for mental illness

  • CTV News
Rapid RSV tests linked to less antibiotic prescribing in kids
  • Mar 04, 2026

Rapid RSV tests linked to less antibiotic prescribing in kids

  • CIDRAP
N.S. NDP, advocates call on province to reverse cut to caregivers benefit
  • Mar 04, 2026

N.S. NDP, advocates call on province to reverse cut to caregivers benefit

  • CTV News
Pregnant women's brains shed grey matter to prime them for motherhood, study suggests
  • Mar 04, 2026

Pregnant women's brains shed grey matter to prime them for motherhood, study suggests

  • BBC News
New Glasgow, N.S., hospital getting AI-powered weapons detection system
  • Mar 04, 2026

New Glasgow, N.S., hospital getting AI-powered weapons detection system

  • CTV News
Measles exposure sites listed in York Region
  • Mar 04, 2026

Measles exposure sites listed in York Region

  • CP24
'A privilege to have the time to say goodbye': A look at MAID in Canada
  • Mar 04, 2026

'A privilege to have the time to say goodbye': A look at MAID in Canada

  • CTV News
AI health misinformation is getting harder to spot. Canadians are falling for it, expert warns
  • Mar 04, 2026

AI health misinformation is getting harder to spot. Canadians are falling for it, expert warns

  • CTV News
P.E.I.'s increased wait times for routine mammograms 'concerning,' says radiologist
  • Mar 04, 2026

P.E.I.'s increased wait times for routine mammograms 'concerning,' says radiologist

  • CBC News
RNA vaccine funding cuts threaten decades of scientific progress
  • Mar 04, 2026

RNA vaccine funding cuts threaten decades of scientific progress

  • CIDRAP
A medical journal says the case reports it has published for 25 years are, in fact, fiction – Retraction Watch
  • Mar 04, 2026

A medical journal says the case reports it has published for 25 years are, in fact, fiction – Retraction Watch
Researchers tricked Utah's AI prescription-refill bot into spreading misinfo, tripling doses, and recommending meth
  • Mar 03, 2026

Researchers tricked Utah's AI prescription-refill bot into spreading misinfo, tripling doses, and recommending meth

  • Axios
B.C. coroner calls inquest into Tumbler Ridge mass shooting
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  • Mar 03, 2026

B.C. coroner calls inquest into Tumbler Ridge mass shooting

  • Vancouver Sun
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