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News Canada » Ontario » Health: Health-care hiring has propped up Canada’s job market. Will patients see a difference?

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/other/health-care-hiring-has-propped-up-canada-s-job-market-will-patients-see-a-difference/ar-AA2by6q5
Published on: Thursday 03 September 2026

A hiring boom across Alberta and Ontario health-care systems has been singlehandedly propping up Canada's national job market — but that growth may say more about the sluggish state of the rest of the ...

News Canada » Ontario » Health: Ontario family doctor waitlist reduced by half, health minister says

News channel or source: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-ontario-family-doctor-waitlist-reduced-by-half-health-minister-says/
Published on: Thursday 16 October 2025

More than 50 per cent of the Ontarians who were on an official waiting list for a family doctor at the start of the year now have a medical provider, according to the provincial government, which has ...

News Canada » Ontario » Health: Province on track to connect all Ontarians to primary care provider by 2029: health minister

News channel or source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-primary-care-9.7042606
Published on: Monday 12 January 2026

Ontario is on track to connect everyone in the province to a primary care provider by 2029, thanks in part to mostly clearing a wait list backlog, Health Minister Sylvia Jones said Monday. About ...

News Canada » Ontario » Health: Ontario health agency vendor suffered major ransomware attack in 2025

News channel or source: https://globalnews.ca/news/11720041/ontario-health-athome-ransomware/
Published on: Sunday 08 March 2026

A vendor contracted by the agency in charge of overseeing Ontario’s home care system suffered a ransomware attack, Global News can reveal – details the province didn’t share after the incident. The ...

News Canada » Ontario » Health: Most people across Canada will no longer need to pay nurse practitioners for primary care

News channel or source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/nurse-practitioners-primary-health-care-provinces-9.7145096
Published on: Monday 30 March 2026

The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Given nearly six ...

News Canada » Ontario » Health: Ontario Launches Canada’s First Occupational Exposure Registry to Protect Workers

News channel or source: https://news.ontario.ca/en/release/1007074/ontario-launches-canadas-first-occupational-exposure-registry-to-protect-workers
Published on: Thursday 19 February 2026

TORONTO — As part of its plan to protect Ontario workers and their long-term health, the Ontario government is launching Canada’s first Occupational Exposure Registry (OER). This new secure digital ...

News Canada » Ontario » Health: Deconstructing The Rise In Mental Health–Related ED Visits Among Children And Youth In Ontario, Canada

News channel or source: https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2020.00232
Published on: Sunday 04 October 2020

Mental illness is a leading cause of disability among youth. In Ontario, Canada, rates of mental health or addiction–related emergency department (ED) visits continue to rise in children and youth; ...