Ontario pledges to push ahead with reforms despite doctors ...
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The Ontario government is adamant it will push ahead with its agenda to improve health care despite a sound rejection of a proposed landmark deal by the province&#39;s doctors.
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VANCOUVERâWhile acknowledging that a national pharmacare plan is still years away, Canada&#39;s health ministers insist lower prescription drug costs are coming sooner.
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TORONTO (CP) - The Ontario government must implement its planned health-care reforms, even if that means "taking action" with doctors who have already rejected a contract offer from the province, the former chairman of a royal commission on health said Sunday.
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TORONTO (CP) - Ontario's doctors overwhelmingly rejected a much-touted fee agreement with the provincial government on Saturday, a major setback for planned health-care reforms in the province with no immediate plan to resume negotiations.
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WINNIPEG -- If Canadians face a shortage of doctors or nurses in a few years&#39; time, it will be the fault of the provinces, not Ottawa, federal Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh said yesterday.
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TORONTO -- Doctors across Ontario have voted to reject a proposed four-year fee agreement with the McGuinty government. Broadcast News has learned 60 per cent of the 15,000 doctors who voted by phone rejected the new deal with the province.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy's party vows to press ahead with reforms despite losing seats in parliament.
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TORONTO -- Ontario hospitals will get $60 million to begin much-needed repairs and renovations, Health Minister George Smitherman said Friday.
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TORONTO (CP) - Gambling in Ontario is here to stay, Premier Dalton McGuinty said Tuesday, despite a report showing problem gamblers contribute more than one third of the province&#39;s gambling revenues.
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TORONTO -- The Ontario government is doing the hard work other administrations have avoided in health care, Premier Dalton McGuinty said Friday as a new team of negotiators for the province&#39;s doctors resumed talks with the government.
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The Canadian Union of Public Employees is preparing for a showdown with the Ontario Government. CUPE was quick to react after Health Minister George Smitherman said Ontario hospitals should look for savings in their janitorial and clerical services.
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Health Minister Malcolm Chisholm makes several pledges on hospital reforms ahead of a no-confidence motion.
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Canada needs to invest $1 billion over the next five years to reverse its serious shortage of doctors and ensure there will be enough health-care providers in future to reduce long waiting lists plaguing hospitals, the Canadian Medical Association says.
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U.S. senators vowed on Wednesday to  move forward with legislation to legalize the importation of  cheaper prescription drugs from certain countries, despite  resistance from regulators and drugmakers.
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TORONTO (CP) - A report from Cancer Care Ontario will help guide the province in its long-term goal to reduce treatment wait times, but there&#39;s still no quick fix, Health Minister George Smitherman said Thursday.
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WATERLOO  Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty was playing down expectations today that next month&#39;s first ministers meeting in Ottawa would yield a health-care agreement between Ottawa and the provinces.
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A day after suggesting a new national health-care accord could be a long way off, Prime Minister Paul Martin pledged to work at the September health summit between Ottawa and provinces until a deal gets done.