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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

A dozen or so women are lined up outside.

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

A man gesticulates talking to a woman, who is holding the bridge of her nose in a pose of stress.

Criminalizing coercive control is necessary, but not enough

Drawing of a row of office workers sitting in front of computers.

The true test of Quebec’s new workplace stress law

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

Closeup of an iphone with a home screen full of social-media apps. The person holding it has dark brown chipped nail polish and faded jeans with a smiley face drawn on the denim, along with a large rip in the knee.

The Online Harms Act should target social media’s greatest harm

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

It’s a wide intersection, with three pedestrians in the crosswalk, and a person on a motor scooter in traffic along with cars and trucks.

Ontario auto insurance reforms offer no real “choice” for low-wage workers

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

Danielle Smith speaks before microphones with two Alberta flags in the blurred background.

Alberta’s Bill 18 is another strategy from Quebec’s playbook

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

A smiling young Black woman sits at a white desk with a white chair. In front of her is a laptop, a notebook, a couple pages of paper with charts. She is writing in a notebook. A yellow sofa and a white rug, a small three-legged side table with a small potted plant and a larger houseplant are behind her.

The lasting impacts of work-from-home

Portes de couleur foncée marquées de grands chiffres 4 et 5 et du mot « examen » vues d'un couloir.

Federal budget an opportunity to seed transformational change to fix failing primary care system

Two sets of hands, one set with nails painted pink, hold a small yellow chain-link puzzle against a grey table.

A dementia-friendly plan in Toronto could lead the way for Canada

Shelves of pill bottles.

National pharmacare must be protected from corporate interests

L'homme et son lit sont entourés d'un enchevêtrement de tubes et de cordons, avec deux moniteurs à proximité le long d'un poteau métallique avec des poches de liquide.

Where are the reviews of government action on COVID-19?

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

What’s at stake in supporting sex workers’ right to health

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