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  • Workers react to details of Alberta health-care system restructuring plan
    After the government of Alberta released details about its plan to overhaul the healthcare system, frontline workers say the transition needs to be done properly to avoid disaster.
    Politics
    May 15
  • As fake Botox cases prompt alert in U.S., Canada says no new issues reported
    A total of 22 people in the U.S. reported adverse effects after receiving Botox injections from unlicensed or untrained individuals, or in non-healthcare settings, the CDC said.
    Health
    Apr 23
  • Migrant worker battling cancer finally gets medical card in Nova Scotia
    A migrant worker from Jamaica spent months without health care after being fired from her job on a farm, and while battling cancer.
    Health
    Mar 18
  • New provincial budget provides hope for Southeastern Ontario
    Provincial budget aims to tackle opioid epidemic, housing shortages, and healthcare gaps in Southeastern Ontario
    Politics
    Mar 27
  • ‘Rectify the disaster’: Doctors renew crisis warning at Surrey Memorial Hospital
    Six months after their rally at city hall, Dr. Randeep Gill and Dr. Maged Bakhet are again urging the B.C. health ministry to take action on issues plaguing the Surrey hospital.
    Health
    Mar 8
  • Winnipeg residents living with disabilities left struggling amid health-care support worker strike
    On Wednesday, 160 healthcare support workers walked off the job at Ten Ten Sinclair, a housing development company in the city for people with various physical disabilities.
    Health
    Mar 10
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  • Local family donates $1M to hospital to expand services in Simcoe Muskoka
    On Wednesday, the Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre announced the Melchior Family Foundation’s contribution to its Keep Life Wild Campaign.
    Health
    May 1
  • Sask. Polytechnic receives $7.5 million donation for new campus
    Saskatchewan Polytechnic received $7.5 million from Concorde Group of Companies founders and renowned philanthropists Irene Dubé and the late Leslie Dubé.
    Canada
    May 7
  • U of R dean highlights need for more Indigenous representation in nursing
    For National Nursing Week, the dean for the University of Regina's faculty of nursing is focusing on the need to recruit and retain Indigenous nurses in Saskatchewan.
    Canada
    May 7
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  • Ontario family receives massive hospital bill as part of LTC law, refuses to pay
    An Ontario woman has received an $8,400 bill from a Windsor hospital after she refused to put her mother in a nursing home she hated – she says she has no intention of paying it. 
    Health
    May 9
  • LGBTQ groups ban Alberta premier, UCP from 2024 Pride celebrations
    A group representing 14 Alberta LGBTQ groups, including Calgary Pride, has officially banned Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and the UCP from 2024 Pride events.
    Politics
    May 17
  • Premier Higgs backs calls for auditor general investigation of travel nurse contract
    New Brunswick has been under fire for the use of expensive travel nurse contracts to fill gaps in the healthcare system.
    Health
    Feb 27
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  • Whooping cough case confirmed in Peterborough region: health unit
    The health unit did not state where the case was confirmed within its jurisdiction of Peterborough, Peterborough County, Curve Lake First Nation and Hiawatha First Nation.
    Health
    Apr 26
  • London Drugs begins ‘gradual’ reopening of stores in Western Canada
    London Drugs said not all of its systems are back, but it will not delay its reopening.
    Canada
    May 4
  • Ontario hospital workers awarded 6% pay increase, new agreement on agency nurses
    Around 65,000 hospital workers in Ontario have been given a two-year pay increase in an arbitration decision that also hands the union more insight into agency nursing costs.
    Health
    Apr 19
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  • Listeria fears spur recall of T&T meat and vegetable products 
    Several meat and vegetable products from three companies are being recalled in Canada due to concerns over listeria contamination.
    Health
    Apr 29
  • City and province squabble over Calgarian’s encampment cleanup request
    According to the City of Calgary, the cleanup has been referred to the Alberta government because the encampment is on land owned by the province.
    Politics
    May 16
  • Innovative nursing education: Mannequins lead the way in Alberta
    Amidst a nursing shortage and fewer clinical hours available, Bow Valley College is pioneering digital revolution practices in nursing education.
    Health
    Apr 22
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  • ‘Fire that minister’: Ontario NDP calls on Ford to sack minister of health
    Speaking to reporters at Queen’s Park on Monday, NDP Leader Marit Stiles accused the government of 'trying to pretend' there weren’t issues with the province’s health-care system.
    Politics
    May 13
  • HKPR health unit to issue 2,000 student suspensions for incomplete immunizations
    The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit issued second notices on Monday to parents to get their child's immunization records updated.
    Health
    Apr 22
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