What Canada’s 2026 federal budget means for healthcare
  • Nov 06, 2026

What Canada’s 2026 federal budget means for healthcare

  • Canada Healthwatch
The Canadian Dental Care Plan is working. Now let’s make it even better.
  • Nov 06, 2026

The Canadian Dental Care Plan is working. Now let’s make it even better.

  • CHW Perspective
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  • Wendy Wells
Smart investments can protect health and the environment: Lancet report
  • Nov 06, 2026

Smart investments can protect health and the environment: Lancet report

  • Canadian Medical Association
Federal budget makes positive steps, but long-term plan for health care still lacking: Canada’s doctors
  • Nov 06, 2026

Federal budget makes positive steps, but long-term plan for health care still lacking: Canada’s doctors

  • Canadian Medical Association
Carney's new budget aims to end homelessness in 10 years
  • Nov 05, 2026

Carney's new budget aims to end homelessness in 10 years

  • CBC News
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  • Sophia Laporte
Feds commit $32B to close First Nations infrastructure gap, $3B for health services
  • Nov 05, 2026

Feds commit $32B to close First Nations infrastructure gap, $3B for health services

  • CTV News
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  • Alessia Passafiume, The Canadian Press
Budget gives no boost in health-care funding to provinces warning of ‘fiscal cliff’
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  • Nov 05, 2026

Budget gives no boost in health-care funding to provinces warning of ‘fiscal cliff’

  • Toronto Star
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  • Raisa Patel
The Ford government sent this doctor a letter over the ‘high number’ of days he worked. He wants an apology
  • Nov 05, 2026

The Ford government sent this doctor a letter over the ‘high number’ of days he worked. He wants an apology

  • CTV News
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  • Jermaine Wilson and Heather Wright
Canada can’t afford to keep lower-cost medicines off the market
  • Nov 05, 2026

Canada can’t afford to keep lower-cost medicines off the market

  • National Newswatch
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  • Jim Keon
Quebec calls for an increase in health transfers from Canada
  • Nov 05, 2026

Quebec calls for an increase in health transfers from Canada

  • CTV News
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  • The Canadian Press
Public Health Agency says 10 of 14 stockpile reforms complete, but experts question readiness for next national emergency
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  • Nov 04, 2026

Public Health Agency says 10 of 14 stockpile reforms complete, but experts question readiness for next national emergency

  • Hill Times
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  • MZWANDILE PONCANA
Eye surgeons balk at Alberta's plan to expand scope of duties for optometrists
  • Nov 04, 2026

Eye surgeons balk at Alberta's plan to expand scope of duties for optometrists

  • CTV News
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  • The Canadian Press
Private for-profit hospitals are part of the solution to Canada’s health-care woes
  • Nov 04, 2026

Private for-profit hospitals are part of the solution to Canada’s health-care woes

  • CHW Perspective
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  • Nadeem Esmail and Mackenzie Moir
Early stage Alzheimer’s treatments need government action for success
  • Nov 04, 2026

Early stage Alzheimer’s treatments need government action for success

  • Global News
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  • Sean Previl
Ontario couple hit with $60,000 hospital bill despite having travel insurance
  • Nov 04, 2026

Ontario couple hit with $60,000 hospital bill despite having travel insurance

  • CTV News
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  • Pat Foran
  • Oct 28, 2026

Statement from the Chief Public Health Officer of Canada on the Report on the State of Public Health in Canada 2026

  • Government of Canada
Making the ‘right’ changes to MAID more important than unanimous support: justice minister
  • Oct 28, 2026

Making the ‘right’ changes to MAID more important than unanimous support: justice minister

  • CTV News
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  • Rachel Aiello
Smith rejects renewed demands for Alberta health care procurement public inquiry
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  • Oct 28, 2026

Smith rejects renewed demands for Alberta health care procurement public inquiry

  • Globe and Mail
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  • Carrie Tait and Tom Cardoso
Key dates in the evolution of Canada's medically assisted dying laws
  • Oct 27, 2026

Key dates in the evolution of Canada's medically assisted dying laws

  • CTV News
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  • Sarah Ritchie, The Canadian Press
Ontario attaches more than 511K people to primary care amid goal of connecting all
  • Oct 26, 2026

Ontario attaches more than 511K people to primary care amid goal of connecting all

  • CTV News
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  • Allison Jones, The Canadian Press
Inquiry looking into man's death in Edmonton ER hears about too many patients, not enough beds or doctors
  • Oct 26, 2026

Inquiry looking into man's death in Edmonton ER hears about too many patients, not enough beds or doctors

  • CBC News
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  • Jesmeen Gill
STATEMENT: Canada’s doctors stand with Albertans in support of the Canada Health Act
  • Oct 26, 2026

STATEMENT: Canada’s doctors stand with Albertans in support of the Canada Health Act

  • Canadian Medical Association
Provincial-territorial health ministers ‘welcome’ extra year of mental health, home-care dollars, but want ‘assurance’ that longer deals are coming, says Manitoba minister
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  • Oct 26, 2026

Provincial-territorial health ministers ‘welcome’ extra year of mental health, home-care dollars, but want ‘assurance’ that longer deals are coming, says Manitoba minister

  • Hill Times
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  • Tessie Sanci
Canada needs a new approach to frailty
  • Oct 23, 2026

Canada needs a new approach to frailty

  • CHW Perspective
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  • Dr. Greg Andreas
Grifols plasma collection sites should stay closed and private for-profit plasma collection should be prohibited in Canada
  • Oct 23, 2026

Grifols plasma collection sites should stay closed and private for-profit plasma collection should be prohibited in Canada

  • Canadian Health Coalition
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  • Anne LagacĂ© Dowson
Five-point plan to address homelessness and the toxic drug crisis
  • Oct 23, 2026

Five-point plan to address homelessness and the toxic drug crisis

  • Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
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  • Molly McCracken and Kate Kehler
What health-care promises have B.C. parties made ahead of the provincial election?
  • Oct 22, 2026

What health-care promises have B.C. parties made ahead of the provincial election?

  • CBC News
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  • Baneet Braich
Women need better health care. A national framework can help deliver it
  • Oct 22, 2026

Women need better health care. A national framework can help deliver it

  • The Hill Times
Canada's doctors and nurses stand with provinces and territories to call for predictable, sustainable health care funding
  • Oct 15, 2026

Canada's doctors and nurses stand with provinces and territories to call for predictable, sustainable health care funding

  • Canadian Medical Association
Ottawa to extend $1.2B in funding for home care, mental health services
  • Oct 15, 2026

Ottawa to extend $1.2B in funding for home care, mental health services

  • CTV News
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  • The Canadian Press
Ottawa, Northwest Territories sign $51-million health funding agreement
  • Oct 06, 2026

Ottawa, Northwest Territories sign $51-million health funding agreement

  • CTV News
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  • Sarah Ritchie, The Canadian Press
What Trump's 'most favoured nation' drug pricing policy might mean for Canadians
  • Sep 28, 2026

What Trump's 'most favoured nation' drug pricing policy might mean for Canadians

  • CBC News
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  • Amina Zafar and Christine Birak
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
Ontario denied a life-saving drug to a Toronto man with months to live. Now a panel says the province must reconsider
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  • 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
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  • Megan Ogilvie
‘Outdated’ health policies surrounding Covid still pose a danger today, says U of C researcher
  • Sep 21, 2026

‘Outdated’ health policies surrounding Covid still pose a danger today, says U of C researcher

  • CTV News
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  • Tommy Osborne
Health Matters: CMA doctors urge parliamentary action on health care
  • Sep 15, 2026

Health Matters: CMA doctors urge parliamentary action on health care

  • Global News
Canadian doctors urge parliamentarians to move quickly to pass health care solutions on the table
  • Sep 15, 2026

Canadian doctors urge parliamentarians to move quickly to pass health care solutions on the table

  • Canadian Medical Association
N.S. unions, top Canadian doctor oppose new Alberta health law
  • Sep 09, 2026

N.S. unions, top Canadian doctor oppose new Alberta health law

  • CBC News
Mark Carney’s health minister says she’s got serious work to do: ‘I’m not here to be a star’
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  • Sep 08, 2026

Mark Carney’s health minister says she’s got serious work to do: ‘I’m not here to be a star’

  • Toronto Star
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  • Raisa Patel
Ontario court denies Toronto woman with bipolar disorder emergency access to MAID
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  • Sep 06, 2026

Ontario court denies Toronto woman with bipolar disorder emergency access to MAID

  • The Globe and Mail
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  • Kristy Kirkup
The controversy behind Bill 11 — Alberta’s move to a dual-practice health system
  • Sep 01, 2026

The controversy behind Bill 11 — Alberta’s move to a dual-practice health system

  • Canadian Medical Association
Federal health minister voices concern as Alberta implements dual-practice health-care model
  • Aug 18, 2026

Federal health minister voices concern as Alberta implements dual-practice health-care model

  • CBC News
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  • Emma Zhao

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