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Mar 27, 20232 min read

Alberta doctors sound alarm over low number of grads seeking residency in province

Highest number of family medicine spots vacant in a decade after first-round resident match The number of medical residencies in Alberta...

Mar 21, 20232 min read

A day in the life of a family doctor

CBC's Omar Dabaghi-Pacheco follows Dr. Alykhan Abdulla for a day It's just after six o'clock on a frigid Ottawa morning. The sun won't...

Mar 17, 20232 min read

On the perpetual unhappiness of my fellow doctors

What we now call ‘burnout’ is nothing new in medicine, nor are many of the structural problems that cause it. But motivating doctors to...

Mar 2, 20233 min read

How much money does Canada’s health system really need?

Michael Wolfson is a former assistant chief statistician at Statistics Canada and an adjunct professor in the faculties of medicine and...

Mar 2, 20232 min read

Health minister weighs in on for-profit health-care clinics in Nova Scotia

Michelle Thompson says province has no oversight over private clinics The opening of a private, for-profit medical clinic in Halifax...

Mar 1, 20232 min read

Canada’s health care deal: A look at the numbers and the provinces on board so far

The federal government is injecting tens of billions of dollars into Canada’s struggling health care systems, but before they can acquire...