Many of the details of the new Personal Support Services Ontario aren't available, including how much it will cost, how many personal support workers it will hire, and when it will be up and running. ...
Category: Health and Wellness
New home care agency a boon to union with ‘cozy ties’ to Liberals, PCs claim
Union that will benefit from new agency jobs also bankrolls group behind an ad campaign targetting Patrick Brown: Tories. ...
Who can harness the air? Environment minister takes a step to rein in contamination
New monitoring policy aims to ease Chemical Valley qualms over high contaminant levels — though effectiveness remains up in the air. ...
Municipalities to decide how close pot shops can be to schools
Finance minister says location rules will vary by city, but province needs bigger slice of federal tax pie for pot launch. ...
Province commits to more long-term care beds as political fight breaks out over seniors strategy
As the Liberals announces plans to create 5,000 beds over the next four years and 30,000 over the next decade, the PCs claim a new agency overseeing home-care for seniors is more about pleasing a Liberal-friendly union ...
Liberal government tackling welfare reform before 2018 election: Minister
The government has promised a new report on social assistance will be a roadmap for reform. ...
Ontario long-term care homes call for more funding as wait list booms
The Ontario Long-Term Care Home Association laid out its ask for the 2018 budget on Wednesday. ...
Ontario to add 1,200 new hospital beds with $140M in-year funding boost
The funding comes as Ontario is heading into flu season with unusually high hospital bed occupancy rates. ...
Excerpts: Tory MPP delivers fiery speech on women’s safety, sexual assault and partisan politics
Highlights from a fiery speech on women's safety by MPP Lisa MacLeod. ...
Law to create abortion clinic buffer zones lurches ahead
Motion to fast-track legislation would see it passed next week, with PCs supporting it while condemning abortion "game." ...
Minister commits to new health study on residents of Chemical Valley
After years of criticism, the government has committed to a health study of the residents of chemical valley but has few details to offer. ...
In brief: Job numbers and a hospital tower celebration
A collection of briefs on the news of the day. ...
Trent Hills mayor who fought for cutting-edge cancer treatment passes away
MPP Lisa MacLeod has some kind words to say of the salt-of-the-earth mayor. ...
Liberals go on defensive on abortion clinic buffer zones
The Progressive Conservatives and New Democratics say the government is playing politics with women's safety. ...
Paramedics raise alarm on bill to put EMS workers on fire trucks
Emergency medical workers say firefighters cost more and don't have the experience to handle on-the-spot decisions. ...
Horwath says health minister needs to “man up” on hospital overcrowding
Internal docs reveal a dozen Toronto-area hospitals are over "safe" capacity. ...
In brief: A new poll, a polished man, mental health, aerospace and 14 years of Liberal rule
A collection of briefs on the news of the day. ...
In brief: Wettlaufer probe, grocery store beer and an MPP donation
A collection of briefs on the news of the day. ...
Hutton: How much do you want for that bag of weed, minister?
If marijuana is to be a legal product, then the private sector should be able to sell it, columnist Deb Hutton writes. ...
Cabinet gives Health Quality Ontario the power to raise revenue
Dr. Joshua Tepper says that doesn’t mean selling data on Ontarians’ health care system. ...
Explainer: 200-page beast of a health-care bill on everything from barber shops to big pharma
Including why your local splash pad will soon be regulated by Queen's Park. ...
Human rights commissioner launches legal action against province over solitary confinement
Renu Mandhane, chief commissioner, says the situation for vulnerable inmates "has in fact gotten worse." ...
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Justin Bates argues for a dual system of medical and recreational cannabis access ...
Liberals not ready to set the price of legal weed just yet
The finance minister is walking back media reports that said he was eyeing $10 a gram. ...
Bill to ban pill presses passes second reading as opioid debate gets political
Tory MPP criticizes health minister for having called his bill "over-simplistic." ...
Province ratchets up drug-impaired driving penalties
Young and commercial drivers can't get behind the wheel with even trace amounts, while sanctions for all drugged drivers get stricter. ...
Heard: Premier talks NAFTA, health care in U.S. lecture
The premier also told the audience about her government's recent domestic priorities, including increasing the minimum wage and preparing to give free prescription drugs to all Ontarians under age 25. ...
NDP calls for a ministry of mental health and addictions
The New Democrats introduce a private member's bill to create a ministry so that mental health is no longer "an afterthought," party leader Andrea Horwath says ...
Horwath warns ‘big, big trouble’ is brewing in Ontario hospital care
The NDP Leader attacked the Liberals and previous Tory regimes for over 'meagre' measures to fund health care and reduce hospital wait times. ...
Pot on the front burner as the legislature resumes
Opposition slams legalized marijuana plan as "distraction technique" and “political cover” for Grits' legal troubles. ...
Province to roll out 40 stand-alone pot shops next year
Pot and booze will not be sold at the same location, although the LCBO will oversee the reefer rollout. ...
New figures show spike in opioid deaths, government promises $222M in new funding
The funding will be spent over three years and go toward ...
Wynne commits to ‘significant additional resources’ to combat opioid overdose crisis
But the premier stopped short of declaring a state of emergency over opioid overdoses Monday. ...
Health-care workers call for declaration of state of emergency over opioid overdoses in Ontario
The request is in an open letter that organizers plan to deliver at Queen's Park on Monday. ...
Happening: NDP MPP calls for province to block graphic anti-abortion images
Four politicians are requesting the province get an injunction to block the images of "chopped up fetuses." ...
Union calls for reforms after alleged assaults at psychiatric hospital
"No worker should have to face this level and frequency of violence in their workplace," OPSEU's president says in wake of the report of another violent incident at Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care in Penetanguish ...
Ontario launches new online health care wait times tool
Ontario is offering more health-care information online. ...
Happening: Horwath embarks on mini health-care tour in the dog days of summer
How the NDP leader is spending her summer. ...
Happening: Abortion pill will be free in Ontario, but questions of access remain
The government will cover the cost of Mifegymiso as of Aug. 11. ...
Judge appointed to investigate Wettlaufer nursing home murders, report due in 2019
Justice Eileen Gillese was one of three Ontario Court of Appeal judges who ruled in landmark 2003 decision that legalized same-sex marriage in Ontario. ...
Heard: Public education campaign needed for legal pot, health minister says
Physicians have warned that marijuana use can be harmful to young people's developing brains. ...
Teen’s death sparked stem-cell transplant funding, minister says
Laura Hillier endured five rounds of chemotherapy before she died while waiting for a stem cell transplant, her mother said. ...
OMA board directors launch complaints against its own members, doctors say
Turmoil within physicians' association continues amidst accusations of bullying on one side and misconduct on the other. ...
Provincial advocate urges swift action on blueprint to reform residential care
Irwin Elman says the government now needs to prove it doesn't view children as "storage to be dumped out at 18." ...
Booze-like rules for legalized marijuana ‘makes sense,’ Wynne says
Wynne’s government announced Wednesday that it was looking for public feedback on the federal government’s plan to legalize marijuana by July 2018. ...
Ontario government wants to talk pot
The province wants “to hear from the people of Ontario as we develop an approach to legalization that keeps our youth, communities and roads safe," Attorney General Yasir Naqvi says. ...
Health-care regulations leave francophones in the dark, advocates say
Groups backing home care for Franco-Ontarians say proposed amendments still don't ensure French service. ...
Head of OMA defends group after resignations and accusation of a ‘toxic climate’
Dr. Shawn Whatley says he welcomes diverse viewpoints after leaders of OMA's two biggest districts quit in protest over alleged "bullying and intimidation." ...
About 1,800 complaints made to Ontario’s patient ombudsman in first year
Health-care watchdog Christine Elliott will release her first annual report this fall. ...
NDP wants serial-killer nurse inquiry expanded to ‘systemic problems’ in long-term care
The Liberals are currently searching for a commissioner to lead an independent inquiry into the Elizabeth Wettlaufer case. ...
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