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September 28, 2026

Wildfire Evacuation Lessons from La Ronge, a Northern Saskatchewan Site: Physician Debriefings

...the unprecedented speed of events meant that frontline clinicians did not always have immediate visibility into how operational decisions were unfolding.... From the physicians' perspective, the earliest hours of the evacuation felt disorienting ... Full Discussion and Debate available in Healthcare Policy. Ellen Schenk also weighs in on this in her commentary.

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Oct 05, 2026 Health & Healthcare News
Ottawa, Northwest Territories sign $51-million health funding agreement

 OTTAWA —The federal government made the first of a series of health-care funding announcements on Monday as it works to secure seven-year deals with each of the provinces and territories. [...]

Oct 05, 2026 Health & Healthcare News
A plague alert in Russia? What it means for Canada

 TORONTO - A young lab worker at a Russian institute that studies the plague has died of a pneumonia that officials say has not yet been traced to a specific cause. Russian media report the death [...]

Oct 05, 2026 Health & Healthcare News
The mental health of young men is declining. Experts warn it could get worse

 On the surface, Nick Cholmsky looked like a thriving teenager.  Growing up in Ottawa, he says he was athletic and heavily involved in basketball, had friends and a close relationship with [...]

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Canada's healthcare system is approaching structural limits: nearly $400 billion in annual spending, while nearly one in five Canadians is without a regular healthcare provider, emergency departments overflow and health inequities persist that universal coverage alone cannot resolve. This paper argues that social prescribing, a structured referral system connecting people to community resources through trained link workers, offers not merely an additional program but a paradigm shift. By making [...]