Health
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Functional health drops for Canadians, especially those under 35: StatCanFunctional health summarizes a person’s level of difficulty in eight health aspects - vision, hearing, speech, cognition, dexterity, mobility, emotional health and pain.HealthMar 17
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Ontario still short of long-term care bed goal, data in fiscal update showOntario has built 6,700 new long-term care beds with 18,000 more underway, still short of its 58,000-bed goal by 2028; but officials say new funding will help meet the target.HealthNov 6, 2025
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‘It costs nothing to dial 911’: Toronto man expresses gratitude to Good SamaritanBrijesh Patel was ignored after suffering a heart attack. A Good Samaritan who aided him says he was just doing 'what's human,' an example Patel thinks more people should follow.HealthOct 3, 2025
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Early intervention can make ‘huge impact’ on Parkinson’s patients despite long Manitoba wait timesExperts tasked with helping Manitobans living with Parkinson's disease say long wait times are making patients' journeys more difficult than they have to be.HealthSep 5, 2025
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Ontario family sues hospital and staff over son’s deathIn early February 2024, a migraine kept Finlay van der Werken home from school. His condition got worse, and his mother took him to Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital.HealthJul 26, 2025
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Indigenous Wellness Centre opens at Toronto’s St. Michael’s HospitalThanks to The Krawczyk Family Foundation, a transformed space at St. Michael's Hospital in downtown Toronto is set to become a new Indigenous Wellness Centre.HealthJun 18, 2025
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Ontario reports 74 new measles cases, including 28 more in the northern regionOntario reports 74 new measles cases, totaling 2,083 since October, with a rise in northern regions. One infant death and 144 hospitalizations reported.HealthJun 12, 2025
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Jordan’s Principle to no longer fund vacations, elite sports, new homesIndigenous Services Canada has updated criteria surrounding what is and isn't eligible for Jordan's Principle funding after complaints of abuse and mismanagement.CanadaFeb 12, 2025
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Vancouver Island doctors take pop-up overdose prevention site to Comox Valley hospitalThe group, called Doctors for Safer Drug Policy, claims the provincial government promised overdose prevention sites at Vancouver Island hospitals but hasn't followed through.HealthJan 20, 2025
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Education minister backs AED deployment in B.C. schoolsThe comments come as a group of students from Vancouver's Point Grey Secondary fights to have one of the devices installed across their school district.EducationJan 3, 2025
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