Healthcare

4 Minutes

Canada Labour

Ontario hospital wait times, “hallway healthcare” have increased since Ford Tories came to power: new report

PV September 4, 2024

PV staff A new report by CUPE’s Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU/CUPE) says that Ontario’s hospital capacity crisis will worsen in the coming years as government funding is too low to even maintain...

5 Minutes

Canada Indigenous peoples

Winnipeg will be home to first Indigenous-led Safer Consumption Site in Canada

PV August 13, 2024

By Irene Bindi In a Canada-wide first and groundbreaking advance in healthcare for Manitobans, the country’s very first Indigenous-led, peer-supported Safer Consumption Site will be opening in Winnipeg in 2025. The announcement took place...

2 Minutes

Canada Labour

Manitoba healthcare workers’ survey shows system pushed to the brink by systemic underfunding

PV July 30, 2024

PV Manitoba Bureau As the Manitoba Association of Health Care Professionals (MAHCP) continues bargaining for over 95 percent of its 7000 members, an internal survey reveals a workforce under tremendous duress. According to the...

7 Minutes

Canada

What else could we fund with the arms budget? Plenty!

PV May 21, 2024

By Dave McKee Ahead of the April 16 federal budget, polling company Ipsos surveyed 1000 people about what their priorities were. The results, published by Global News, indicated some definite trends. Far and away,...