The WHRA is working on a strategic plan for the city's health-care system, and is gathering public opinion via virtual town halls, as well as online and mail-in surveys.

CIHI's study asked patients in several provinces – including Manitoba – how they felt about their hospital experience. A total of 62 per cent of patients across the country rated their overall hospital experience as very good.

Ontario adolescents are drinking, smoking and using cannabis and other recreational drugs at the lowest rates since the late 1970s, suggests a biennial survey of Grade 7 to 12 students by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health.