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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

A wide angle on Iqaluit from ridge above it in winter, under a mostly blue sky.

A northern university built on unstable ground

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

Northern infrastructure needs northern talent

A boy in a red sweater is doubled over face-down in front of a box containing cards. Two women sit on the floor on either side of him.

Who pays when autism-care systems fall short? Mothers do

The case for permanent standard time

Dr. Boozary on the right is wearing a hospital scrub shirt and is holding a stethoscope. Fred Vitor holds a folder of papers while sitting on an examination table.

Patients benefit from providing health care alongside housing and other social supports

A stack of books with a stethoscope on top.

Scapegoating international medical students won’t solve Ontario’s health-care crisis

For Canada, the 15-minute city is made trickier by sprawl

Is the federal health transfer really growing faster than provincial spending?

Seen from the side of a length of rail line, the locomotive is yellow with an illustration of a waving American flag painted on its side.

A new trade policy for the “geopolitical turn”

Shoppers pushing carts in a parking lot are kept at a distance by a maze of stacked wooden pallets.

Empowering public health officials requires trust in government

La main d'un nouveau-né, avec un bracelet d'hôpital rose.

A Quebec case shows the need for more regulation on sperm donation in Canada

A man places a bag of rice into an insulated bag, with mostly empty shelves in the background.

Canadian governments need a new way to measure poverty

A paramedic stands among eight or nine patients in a hallway.

The end-of-life care, environment and health system ‘polycrisis’ needs a new approach

Une personne portant un gilet réfléchissant, un masque et un casque transporte une cruche blanche translucide contenant de l’eau jaune.

Scaling back on wastewater testing in Ontario leaves people vulnerable to illness

Federal funding for research prompts call for more partners in health care

Can Ottawa force the provinces to pay for virtual care?

Dozens of people stand in front of the ornate, brown stone buildings. Many hold signs that say things like “Save our public healthcare.”

The Canada Health Act at 40: Spring forward or fall back?

Hansen stands in front of a large screen split into six images depicting some of the people in the company. One person looks into a microscope. Two others sit in front of a laptop. A third walks down a hallway, clipboard in hand.

Canada’s pandemic preparedness investments still make equity an afterthought

Canada’s recreation and parks sector is much more than fun and games

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