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A medical practitioner going over medical information with a patient in an examination room.

Renewal in Canada’s primary health-care system needs a North Star

A dozen medical icons are clustered but don’t connect to each other.

Canada has the tech to connect health records. Why isn’t it being used?

Cannabis vape cartridge with visible THC oil

Legalization’s blind spot: youth exposure to stronger cannabis

Three doctors operate in a room with two hanging lights and very little else.

Canada must act to protect hospitals in war zones

Doctor at a keyboard.

AI scribes in health care raise risks for patients and privacy

Mark Carney walking past a line of soldiers, including Canadian Rangers wearing their bright red hooded sweaters.

Northern infrastructure needs northern talent

A dozen or so women are lined up outside.

U.S. expansion of the global gag rule is a leadership test for Canada

A nurse sits on the edge of a bed talking to a patient. Half eaten food sits on the table nearby.

Break down licensing barriers holding back Canada’s health workforce

Le véhicule est blanc avec un marquage bleu. Le photographe a suivi l’ambulance en mouvement alors qu’elle passait devant un bâtiment vitré situé de l’autre côté de la rue, et qui est flou sur l’image.

Crisis-level ratings of the health system are a flashing danger sign

Tight crop around a woman’s bare belly, where a handheld monitor is attached to a small, metal sensor being held to the skin.

Health policies need to stop marginalizing Indigenous midwives

Young woman with down syndrome leans against a brick wall while she texts on a cell phone. She has a straw hat and a navy blue short-sleeved shirt with white and red stripes across it.

The disability tax credit needs immediate reform

Support for sovereignty in Quebec: the role of identity, culture and language

Stop tying applications for disability income assistance to doctors

A steady stream of people cross in both directions, walking over tram lines and under a web of electric lines that power the streetcars.

Questions persist as Ottawa prepares Citizenship Act amendments

Illustration of a woman lying in a hospital bed. She’s on a ventilator, and her eyes are closed.

Reality, not religion, is the reason people need MAiD-free health care

Un chat est sur une table d’examen vétérinaire.

Multinationals are taking over veterinary clinics

Behind the men is brick wall covered in a bright, turquoise-coloured mural depicting the partial skull of a creature with a large white eye and teeth. One man is hunched over and examining something in his hand. The other is watching what the man is doing.

Finding innovative solutions to reduce the cost of substance use on health care

Au bout d'un court couloir se trouvent deux salles, chacune dotée d'une porte métallique gris foncé portant la mention " examen ". L'une est marquée d'un gros "4", l'autre d'un gros "5". Dans les deux cas, de petits paniers métalliques sont fixés pour contenir des dossiers.

Health care needs to extend to undocumented migrants

Several wings of the brick building are lined with evergreen hedges and small trees. At the top of one three-storey building, a white cross lets people know the hospital is faith-based.

Access to MAiD should not cater to faith-based interests

Illustration d’une femme poussant une femme âgée en fauteuil roulant dans une chambre.

Improving palliative care requires better data

Le patient est allongé sur un lit à roulettes et est vêtu d’un vêtement vert menthe. Une couverture en plastique bleu clair est éparpillée sur la couverture blanche qui recouvre la personne. L’homme qui pousse le lit est recouvert du même vêtement en plastique bleu et porte un masque blanc.

Social programs should unite, not divide, Canadians

Illustration of a young woman holding her temples with her eyes closed. She is sitting up in bed. A tangle of scribble lines floats above her head.

Chronically ill and disabled Canadians need a say in health-care reforms

Canada does not know how many seniors live in poverty

A coherent global health strategy would help Canada lead in the world

A coherent global health strategy would help Canada lead in the world

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