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Program to improve health care for marginalized populations puts Black physicians in racialized communities
Marie-Claud Felicien, Director of Primary Health Care Services for Women’s Health in Women’s Hands, is photographed on Mar 19, 2024.WHIWH provides healthcare services for racialized women in Toronto, and surrounding municipalities. (Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail)
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An inflation gauge closely tracked by the U.S. Federal Reserve shows price pressures easing gradually
New homes are shown under construction in Mount Prospect, Ill., Monday, March 18, 2024. On Friday, March 29, 2024, the government issues its latest monthly report on the Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge, a key measure of how well the Fed’s drive to tame inflation is succeeding. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
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Don’t dispense with drug competition
The Editorial Board
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Manitoba promises move to plastic health cards as part of upcoming budget
The Manitoba government is planning to do away with paper health cards and switch to more durable plastic and digital ones. Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew looks on as Finance Minister Adrien Sala is sworn-in by Lt. Gov. Anita Neville in Winnipeg on Oct. 18, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
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Ottawa signs $3.7-billion health deal with Quebec, final province to sign onto health accord
Mark Holland, Minister of Health, speaks to reporters in the Foyer of the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Wednesday, March 20, 2024. Holland signed a new $3.7-billion health pact with Quebec that will see Quebec sign on to Canada-wide health-data collection and benchmarks to measure health-care improvement in the province. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
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Ontario to unveil provincial budget Tuesday, as province faces growing economic uncertainty
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is photographed in the Ontario Legislative Assembly after the legislature resumed sitting on Feb 20, 2024. (Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail)
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Short season on Ontario southern ice road makes First Nation life unpredictable
<p>The warmest winter on record in Canada has spelled widespread issues for First Nations in northern Ontario connected to a network of winter roads built over frozen land, rivers and lakes. A winter road which crosses Shoal Lake to Shoal Lake 40 First Nation is photographed on Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods</p>
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Battles rage around Gaza’s Al Shifa hospital, Israel says 170 gunmen dead
A picture shows smoke billowing after Israeli bombardment in the vicinity of the Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City on March 21, 2024, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the militant group Hamas. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)
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Nova Scotia strikes deal with private company for renovated health centre
A proposed new transitional care centre in Bedford, N.S., is shown in this undated artist's rendering handout photo. The Nova Scotia government is turning over construction and ownership of an unfinished hotel being converted into a health care facility to a private company. Health Minister Michelle Thompson says long-term care company Shannex will pay $46 million for Hogan Court in the Halifax suburb of Bedford. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO - Province of Nova Scotia/Shannex
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Quebec Court of Appeal upholds requirement for minors seeking sex designation change
The Court of Appeal of Quebec is seen in Montreal, Wednesday, March 27, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
politics
Ottawa to rein in number of temporary residents and announce targets in the fall
Marc Miller, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, waits to appear before the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration in Ottawa, on Wednesday, March 20, 2024. Miller says for the first time, Canada will set targets for the number of new temporary resident arrivals. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
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Ottawa aims to set temporary resident targets for the first time this fall
Marc Miller, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, waits to appear before the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration in Ottawa, on Wednesday, March 20, 2024. Miller says for the first time, Canada will set targets for the number of new temporary resident arrivals. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
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First pig-to-human kidney transplant performed in Boston
FILE PHOTO: People walk past a sign at the entrance to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., May 19, 2022. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
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Newfoundland and Labrador tables budget with $152-million deficit amid protests from fishers
A large crowd of Newfoundland and Labrador fish harvesters gather in front of the legislature in St. John's on Thursday, March 21, 2024 after shutting down the provincial budget on Wednesday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sarah Smellie
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New Brunswick Health Minister says he will find the truth about expensive, temporary nursing contracts
Emergency Department at Dr. Georges-L.-Dumont University Hospital Centre (February 2023)
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Montreal public health optimistic that measles outbreak can be brought under control
One of the doctors leading Montreal public health's response to the city's measles outbreak says he's optimistic officials will be able to gain control of the virus despite the rising number of cases. In this photo taken Wednesday, May 15, 2019, a dose of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine is displayed at the Neighborcare Health clinics at Vashon Island High School in Vashon Island, Wash. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Elaine Thompson
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Quebec becomes last province to reach health care funding deal with Ottawa
Quebec has reached an agreement in principle on health-care funding with the federal government. Premier François Legault's office says the proposed infusion of $900 million in health transfer payments this year comes with no conditions. Legault speaks to the media following a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Montreal, Friday, March 15, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
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U.S. CDC urges measles vaccinations amid rising cases
FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: A general view of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia September 30, 2014. REUTERS/Tami Chappell/File Photo/File Photo
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Toronto Public Health confirms second case of measles in 2024
Toronto Public Health says it is investigating the second lab-confirmed measles case in Toronto this year. A notice for a health alert about measles is posted on the door of a medical facility in Seattle on Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Elaine Thompson
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Saskatchewan and Ottawa announce $560-million in health funding agreement
Minister of Health Mark Holland rises during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. Saskatchewan and Ottawa announced a deal that will infuse more than $560 million into the province’s health system, which they say will help shorten wait times and create better access. THE&nbsp;CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
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