Health Care System

• ‘It’ll save my life’: West Kelowna man desperate for brain surgery

  “It’ll save my life… it’ll change everything. Over the last six months, the last year, my doctors have sent letters to the neurosurgeon and haven’t heard a thing,” he said. 

  Canada

  Mar 25
  
• Quebec losing 37 young nurses for every 100 who enter workforce: report

  Quebec is losing 37 young nurses for every 100 who start, as burnout, long hours and violence on the job drive many out of the profession, a new report warns.

  Health

  Oct 25, 2025
  
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• Moncton non-profit raises money to support those with substance abuse disorder

  A charitable organization in Moncton is raising money to offer modified detox for those with substance use disorder.

  Health

  Apr 25, 2025
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• How health-care professionals can address medical gaslighting

  The Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada is addressing what medical schools in Canada are teaching to avoid situations of medical gaslighting.

  Health

  Feb 1, 2025
• How to advocate for yourself and navigate a strained health-care system

  Here’s how you can advocate for yourself and receive the best treatment possible in Canada’s strained health-care system.

  Canada

  Jan 25, 2024
• Saskatchewan students will have more opportunities to access health science programs

  Sask. Minister Gordon Wyant announces $5 million investment to reserve 149 seats in nine health-care training programs offered outside the province.

  Canada

  Dec 5, 2023
• Health-care spending returns to smaller ‘pre-COVID growth rates’: CIHI report

  A new CIHI report predicts that the country will spend 2.8 per cent more on health care in 2023 than last year, but the total is still an overall downwards trend.

  Health

  Nov 2, 2023
• Diabetic man waits hours for food at Halifax hospital, wife speaks out

  A Halifax-area woman is frustrated after her diabetic husband missed a meal during a stay at the Victoria General Hospital, and had another meal arrive several hours late.

  Health

  Sep 11, 2023
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• Changes to Manitoba’s health-care system as province sets sights on more recruitment

  In a bid to recruit more, Manitoba has enlisted the help of a firm to recruit 150 physicians to work across the province, from Winnipeg to rural communities.

  Canada

  Jul 24, 2023
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• Alberta’s tech minister to ‘explore feasibility’ of health spending accounts

  “This is a really important task that's going to be a complicated one,” Glubish told Global News.

  Politics

  Jul 12, 2023