Minister Of Health

• Quebec doctors who refuse to stay in public system for 5 years face 200K fine per day

  Quebec's health minister has tabled a bill that would force new doctors trained in the province to spend the first five years of their careers working in the public health network.

  Health

  Dec 3, 2024
  
• Ottawa ‘ready’ to help as Alberta daycare E.coli outbreak grows

  Minister of Health Mark Holland says the government will help Alberta if needed, as the province grapples with an E.coli outbreak linked to multiple Calgary daycares.

  Canada

  Sep 9, 2023
  
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• Saskatchewan offers more money to keep clinics open later

  All community-based, full-service, fee-for-service family physicians will be eligible for an additional payment per visit service.

  Health

  Mar 31, 2023
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• How Ontario health minister Sylvia Jones spent her 1st month in office

  Opposition MPPs criticized Jones for a public absence lasting more than a month as emergency departments across Ontario closed and hospitals reported a growing staffing crisis.

  Health

  Jan 20, 2023
• Nova Scotia among the highest in wait times for medical procedures in Canada

  In 2022, the median wait time in Canada from referral to treatment is 27.4 weeks, but in Nova Scotia, the wait is 58.2 weeks, second only to Prince Edward Island. 

  Health

  Dec 8, 2022
• Nova Scotia launches website to track health care progress

  While Nova Scotia's Minister of Health stressed the importance of a system-wide approach, she said a key priority of the Action for Health plan is stabilizing the workforce.

  Health

  Jun 24, 2022
• USask medical students taking action in support of harm reduction services in Saskatoon

  Medical students at the USask created a group to bring more awareness to addictions. They are writing a letter in hopes of bringing more recognition to the lack of funding.

  Health

  Apr 23, 2022
• Alberta doctors, teachers express interest in leaving the province

  New numbers show Alberta could be facing a new kind of brain drain with doctors and teachers saying they want to work outside of the province.

  Canada

  Jan 26, 2022
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• Some Alberta businesses prepare to reopen as restrictions ease; 750 COVID-19 cases identified Sunday

  The province reported 1,210 new recoveries, 750 new cases and 19 deaths related to COVID-19 on Sunday.

  Canada

  Jan 17, 2021
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• Quebec dropped the ball on initial COVID-19 response, opposition claims

  One day after Dr. Arruda's testimony before the national assembly, Quebec Liberal Leader Dominique Anglade took aim at the government's early response to the pandemic.

  Dec 11, 2020