Healthcare

• New revolutionary clinic for Indigenous community opens in Montreal

  A first of its kind health care clinic in Montreal opened its doors. Native Montreal’s Family Clinic aims to provide culturally safe services to the Indigenous community.

  Health

  Apr 12
  
• Patients ‘definitely worried’ as Dartmouth walk-in clinic closes doors

  In a sign outside the building's entrance, Tacoma Family Medicine announced to patients that the facility's walk-in clinic will cease operations on Sunday.

  Health

  Apr 11
  
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• Working hours of male doctors have dropped sharply, data shows. Why?

  The working hours of male physicians in Canada have sharply declined over the past 30 years, a new study says, amid increased burnout and health-care staffing challenges.

  Canada

  Mar 25
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• Businessman helping B.C. woman who declined surgery because of post-care costs

  Christina Derksen-Unrau of Princeton, who needs a double lung transplant, said she doesn’t have the money to stay in Vancouver for up to six months.

  Health

  Mar 23
• Family who immigrated to Canada says they couldn’t stay amid high cost of living

  A Ukrainian woman who moved to Nova Scotia says her family couldn't stay as it was too hard to keep up with the cost of living, so they returned home to Europe after seven months.

  Canada

  Mar 21
• Winnipeg residents living with disabilities left struggling amid health-care support worker strike

  On Wednesday, 160 healthcare support workers walked off the job at Ten Ten Sinclair, a housing development company in the city for people with various physical disabilities.

  Health

  Mar 10
• SARM raises alarm on rural health-care crisis in Saskatchewan

  Saskatchewan nurse practitioners are raising the alarm over rural health care amid a shortage. 

  Health

  Mar 2
• B.C. Budget 2024: New cancer care, seniors funding as health spending surges again

  Health spending for 2024-205 will hit $32.9 billion, once again dominating program spending and accounting for more than one in every three dollars spent.

  Politics

  Feb 22
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• Rural and remote doctors are burning out. What will it take to help them?

  Some of those working in the medical field say a federal promise to forgive loans for rural and remote doctors is like putting a band-aid on a broken bone.

  Canada

  Feb 20
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• Federal government signs $3.1-billion health accord deal with Ontario

  Ontario Premier Doug Ford signed a $3.1-billion deal with Ottawa to improve access to primary health care.

  Health

  Feb 9