Health Care
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Ontario proposes requiring health staffing agencies to disclose their ratesOntario is proposing to increase transparency and accountability around staffing agencies, as hospitals and long-term care homes spend about $1 billion a year to fill shifts.PoliticsDec 20
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Winnipeg man needs liver transplant, partner worries amid health care woesA Winnipeg woman is concerned as her partner, who awaits a liver transplant, may be discharged from hospital. But, she fears that will endanger the man she loves.HealthNov 19
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Alberta NDP calls on provincial government to expand women’s health care servicesAlberta's official opposition is calling on the government to create easier access for women's reproductive healthcare services in regional hospitals.HealthNov 15
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Manitoba First Nation health care scholarship aims to ‘make the difference’The Southern Chiefs Organization, Business Council of Manitoba, and provincial government, are setting aside $450,000 to help Indigenous students become health care professionals.EducationNov 12
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Canada’s health-care spending projected to outpace economy in 2024: reportCIHI's national analysis predicts expenditures will rise by 5.7 per cent in 2024, compared to 4.5 per cent in 2023 and 1.7 per cent in 2022.HealthNov 7
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‘Past financial practices’ at Ontario hospital now under fraud probe: policeAfter multiple reports reports around poor financial spending Southwestern Ontario's largest hospital network is now under investigation for fraud.HealthOct 31
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Family doctors say B.C. making progress on physician shortage, but crisis remainsFamily doctors say B.C.'s new payment model is attracting new physicians and slowing the 'exodus' of colleagues, but that the province still has a 'massive' primary care crisis.HealthOct 17
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A N.B. man was disfigured in a car crash. A prosthetic from a former spy changed his lifeA retired CIA disguise expert has helped a New Brunswick man gain his life back after a car crash with a hyper-realistic prosthetic.CanadaOct 16
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Campaigning in Lethbridge heats up amid new primary care announcementOn the heels of the Alberta government announcing a new health-care plan, candidates in Lethbridge-West are pleading their case to voters.CanadaOct 16
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In their words: B.C. party leaders lay out health-care vision ahead of election dayGlobal News sat down with the leaders of B.C.'s three major parties to ask them what they see as the biggest challenges in the health-care system and what they will do about them.PoliticsOct 15
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