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For the third year in a row, there was a decline in the number of medical students who are seeking residency with family doctors, according to the Ontario Medical Association (OMA). “The OMA is concerned about the declining number of medical students choosing family medicine,” OMA president Dr. Andrew Park …

Provincial money will flow to Belleville as the southeastern Ontario city deals with an ongoing drug overdose crisis, Premier Doug Ford says. The premier’s pledge came a day after Belleville Mayor Neil Ellis called on the province to provide $2 million to help the city finish work on an already …

All levels of government need to collaborate to get more housing built in Ontario, but that work also needs to include the post-secondary education sector, says a report published Thursday by a University of Ottawa-based think tank. The Smart Prosperity Institute report, says the provincial government’s goal of building 1.5 …

Elaine Fox knows everyone in Onion Lake Cree Nation. That means the elder knows how methamphetamine is altering the fabric of her community like never before. “It’s broken family relationships,” she said. Onion Lake Cree Nation Elder Elaine Fox is helping people fight substance use. (Kory Siegers/CBC) The 66-year-old said …

White Coat Black Art26:30The Trouble with Home Care (Part 1) Kirsten and David MacDonald’s lives were both changed forever last year when Kirsten was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and David became her full-time caregiver. “A year and a half ago, Kirsten could run 5K, no problem. And so …

If you’ve spent hours waiting to see a doctor in an Ontario emergency room, or days in the ER waiting to get admitted to hospital, you likely didn’t see the real factors driving those delays.  That’s because the record-high wait times in emergency departments in this province are in large part …

Dementia is the most common type of disability and dependency in elderly worldwide. It has a physical, psychological, social, and economic impact, not only on people with Dementia, but also on their carers, families, and society at large. Globally, India houses the second highest number of individuals suffering from Dementia …