Doctor Shortage

• Ontarians without a family doctor at higher risk of death, study finds

  Researchers say Ontario should work to increase access to a family doctor for people with chronic conditions due to the added risk they face.

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  Feb 18
  
• Saskatoon clinic shares their struggles to support need for family doctors

  Dr. Rebecca Waley at Mount Royal Family Physicians says there's no replacement for a family doctor when it comes to practicing medicine safely.

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  Dec 1, 2025
  
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• Northern Alberta Medical Program students begin training to strengthen rural health care

  The students are the first cohort accepted into the Northern Alberta Medical Program, who will complete their education at Northwestern Polytechnic’s campus in Grande Prairie.

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  Aug 25, 2025
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• Southern Alberta Medical Program at U of L now accepting applications from future doctors

  The three-year medical school program launches next July with a class of about 20 undergrads and there's excitement in Lethbridge about it alleviating the family doctor shortage.

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  Jul 29, 2025
• B.C. woman saves child’s life, questions why international doctors face barriers in Canada

  A woman who was a doctor in China before coming to Canada saved a child's life in Kelowna, B.C. Her story raises issues about the doctor shortage and the importance of first aid.

  Jun 30, 2025
• Kelowna hospital ER physicians ‘deeply offended’ by head of Interior Health’s statement

  Interior Health CEO Susan Brown wrote an op-ed saying she has heard the concerns of health-care workers but has also seen behaviour "not in alignment with the values of IH."

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  Jun 17, 2025
• Canada has a chance to turn U.S. brain drain into brain gain: CMA

  Canada should seize the opportunity to turn the U.S. brain drain of doctors and scientists into its own brain gain, the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) said.

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  Apr 10, 2025
• ‘100 calls per month’: Why U.S. doctors are looking to move to Canada

  As political tensions and health-care layoffs roil the United States, a surge of American doctors may be looking to make a move north — and provinces are taking notice.

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  Apr 1, 2025
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• This U.S. nurse wants to move to B.C. Red tape and the cost of living give him pause

  Pat, a South Carolina nurse, wants to move to B.C., but says red tape and the cost of living are giving him pause.

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  Mar 21, 2025
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• ‘We will welcome you’: B.C. to fast-track hiring of U.S. doctors and nurses

  That's the message B.C. Health Minister Josie Osborne delivered Tuesday, as she said the province will fast-track the recognition of American health-care workers' credentials.

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  Mar 11, 2025