I traded my U.S. medical career for life in Canada. Here’s how the two health systems stack up.

I traded my U.S. medical career for life in Canada. Here’s how the two health systems stack up.

  • Code Black
Poilievre promises to protect dental care, pharmacare, if elected

Poilievre promises to protect dental care, pharmacare, if elected

  • Toronto Star
Married 41 years​ and racked with pain, ​N.B. couple said goodbye together using MAiD

Married 41 years​ and racked with pain, ​N.B. couple said goodbye together using MAiD

  • CBC
Internal report finds major flaws in program to recruit foreign nurses to Quebec

Internal report finds major flaws in program to recruit foreign nurses to Quebec

  • Canadian Press
2025 Federal Election Platform

2025 Federal Election Platform

  • Canadian Nurses' Association
When it comes to funding for novel drugs and devices, waiting for a government decision is the most painful part
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When it comes to funding for novel drugs and devices, waiting for a government decision is the most painful part

  • Globe and Mail
  • Andre Picard
Without integrating our health data, Canada risks being left behind
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Without integrating our health data, Canada risks being left behind

  • Globe and Mail
  • Fahad Razak and Amol Verma
Health care and the Canadian election: What experts are hoping to hear

Health care and the Canadian election: What experts are hoping to hear

  • Healthy Debate
Spring dose of COVID vaccine available in Nova Scotia next week, for some

Spring dose of COVID vaccine available in Nova Scotia next week, for some

  • CBC
Naloxone kits at transit stops would help save lives, study suggests

Naloxone kits at transit stops would help save lives, study suggests

  • Canadian Press
F.D.A. Approved Lab-Grown Blood Vessel Despite Warnings

F.D.A. Approved Lab-Grown Blood Vessel Despite Warnings

  • The New York Times
Overdose deaths are down in Ontario. Is the province following a trend in Alberta and B.C.?

Overdose deaths are down in Ontario. Is the province following a trend in Alberta and B.C.?

  • Toronto Star
Longtime N.S. volunteer firefighter battling cancer won't receive compensation

Longtime N.S. volunteer firefighter battling cancer won't receive compensation

  • CBC
Toronto supervised consumption site challenging Ontario law that will close 10 sites

Toronto supervised consumption site challenging Ontario law that will close 10 sites

  • Canadian Press
Why health care should be the ballot box issue this election

Why health care should be the ballot box issue this election

  • Joss Reimer
The chaos in America’s scientific community could be Canada’s gain
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The chaos in America’s scientific community could be Canada’s gain

  • Globe and Mail
Pharmacare is law in Canada, but negotiations with provinces are slowing it down

Pharmacare is law in Canada, but negotiations with provinces are slowing it down

  • Jane Fletcher, Braden Manns, David Campbell & Reed F Beall
National licensure won’t fix Canada’s doctor shortage — it’ll make it worse

National licensure won’t fix Canada’s doctor shortage — it’ll make it worse

  • Dougald Lamont
Federal government to make dental care available ‘largest cohort’ of patients in May

Federal government to make dental care available ‘largest cohort’ of patients in May

  • Global News
The Wild West of Men's Health Sites (Translation)

The Wild West of Men's Health Sites (Translation)

  • Radio-Canada
More US states requiring paid medical or sick leave

More US states requiring paid medical or sick leave

  • Associated Press

Government of Canada signs bilateral agreement with Quebec for Drugs for Rare Diseases

  • CISION
"It's normal that we are questioned." Interview with the CEO of Santé Québec (Translated)

"It's normal that we are questioned." Interview with the CEO of Santé Québec (Translated)

  • La Presse
B.C. delaying launch of publicly funded IVF program by 3 months

B.C. delaying launch of publicly funded IVF program by 3 months

  • CBC
How Canada Wins: Breaking the stigma of sexual health

How Canada Wins: Breaking the stigma of sexual health

  • Saskatoon StarPhoenix
  • Brody Langager
More health bureaucracy with Santé Québec? Quelle surprise

More health bureaucracy with Santé Québec? Quelle surprise

  • Montreal Gazette
  • Allison Hanes
How Health Canada can improve transparency in drug inspections

How Health Canada can improve transparency in drug inspections

  • Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
  • Joel Lexchin
Breaking the bottleneck: Fixing Canada’s medical school crisis

Breaking the bottleneck: Fixing Canada’s medical school crisis

  • The Gateway
  • Sara Sunderji
Carney confirms Liberals won’t proceed with planned capital gains tax change

Carney confirms Liberals won’t proceed with planned capital gains tax change

  • Toronto Star
Nova Scotia NDP questions lack of pharmacare deal with Ottawa

Nova Scotia NDP questions lack of pharmacare deal with Ottawa

  • Canadian Press
Future of supervised consumption sites to be argued in Ontario court next week

Future of supervised consumption sites to be argued in Ontario court next week

  • The Trillium
Alberta announces $800 million investment in cancer training and technology

Alberta announces $800 million investment in cancer training and technology

  • Calgary Herald
Are U.S. tariffs a threat to Canadian health sciences innovators — or a golden opportunity?
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Are U.S. tariffs a threat to Canadian health sciences innovators — or a golden opportunity?

  • Globe and Mail
N.B. woman without family doctor turns to private sector for ADHD meds

N.B. woman without family doctor turns to private sector for ADHD meds

  • Global News
B.C. has recruited hundreds of family doctors. It's still not enough

B.C. has recruited hundreds of family doctors. It's still not enough

  • CBC
AI in health care can save money and lives — but only if Canada embraces the technology’s potential

AI in health care can save money and lives — but only if Canada embraces the technology’s potential

  • The Hub
  • Adam McDowell
Surgical wait times chaos threatens medicare in Saskatchewan

Surgical wait times chaos threatens medicare in Saskatchewan

  • Saskatoon StarPhoenix
  • Steven Lewis
Hundreds of nurses rally outside Ontario hospitals to demand safer staffing levels

Hundreds of nurses rally outside Ontario hospitals to demand safer staffing levels

  • CBC
Why psychedelic therapy is stuck in the waiting room

Why psychedelic therapy is stuck in the waiting room

  • Canadian Affairs
Governments of Canada, Yukon sign pharmacare deal to provide universal access to birth control, diabetes meds

Governments of Canada, Yukon sign pharmacare deal to provide universal access to birth control, diabetes meds

  • CBC
Protecting the Canada Health Act comes at the expense of patients

Protecting the Canada Health Act comes at the expense of patients

  • Healthy Debate
  • Dr. Alykhan Abdulla
Attracting Doctors and Nurses to B.C.

Attracting Doctors and Nurses to B.C.

  • Harwinder Sandhu, MLA

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