September 2022

• Promoting OMATalks on CP24 Breakfast – Dr. Benjamin Lalonde speaks about Indigenous health care
• Ontario doctors want to build stand-alone surgical centres to help clear wait lists | The Star
• Medical association calls for high-demand procedure referral system | Ottawa Citizen
• OMA proposes three immediate solutions for Ontario's health-care system (yahoo.com)
• Ontario doctors offer immediate solutions to health care crisis - Timmins News (timminstoday.com)
• What Ontario's new long-term care rules will (and won't) do for hospitals | CBC News
• OMA Proposes Three Immediate Solutions For Ontario's Health-Care System (muskoka411.com)
• CBC: Limit COVID-19 at school with familiar tools, says specialist
• CTV: How are Canadian universities responding to monkeypox?
• Toronto Star: ‘Flies in the face of what’s happening’: Ontario’s decision to end five-day COVID isolation period faces criticism
• Kingstonist News: Nine new family doctors to practice in the City of Kingston

August 2022

• City News: "Extremely unnerving": Huge financial bill looms if Ontario hospital patients refuse LTC
• CTV: Why is vaccine uptake in kids 5-11 so low? Infectious disease expert Dr. Isaac Bogoch offers his take

• CTV: Tube shortage left Ont. woman without epidural during labour
• CBC: Ontario hospitals are bracing for possible epidural catheter shortages
• CTV: ICU physician: Ford government is 'gaslighting' health-care workers
• Globe and Mail Obituary: Emergency physician Paul Hannam showed strong leadership through pandemic challenges

July 2022

• CityNews Ottawa: Changes must be made to address shortage of family doctors
• Hamilton Today: Dr. Rose Zacharias on the pressures facing primary care physicians
• Zoomer Radio: Issues plaguing primary care in Ontario
• CTV Toronto: ER closures in Brampton
• Toronto Star: ‘A nurse can’t be everywhere’: Health care staff shortages prompt Ontario ER closures
• Global News: ‘A nurse can’t be everywhere’: Ontario health care staff shortages prompt ER closures
• CTV: 'A nurse can't be everywhere': Health care staff shortages prompt Ontario ER closures
• Globe and Mail: Health care workers urge Ontario government to act as staff shortages prompt ER closures

June 2022

• TVO: A Collapse of Ontario's Health Care System?
• CBC Metro Morning: What the new COVID subvariant means for Ontario
• CBC: Sports leaders top list of new Order of Canada appointees
• Globe and Mail: We need new strategies to tackle COVID this fall
• Healthy Debate: Palliative care (still) in need of better PR and a new spokesperson
• CTV: COVID infection leads to increased risk for shingles: study
• Radio- Canada: Refuser des patients
• Radio-Canada: Pénurie de médecins : une clinique bilingue de Cornwall forcée de fermer ses portes
• Globe News: ‘Hey, we’re here too!’ Underfunded Scarborough hospitals need donations heading into third pandemic summer
• CTV: Could Canada see another wave of Omicron cases? Here's what experts have to say
• CBC: Returning to work and worried about catching COVID? You're not alone
• CBC Ontario Today: How difficult is it to find a family doctor?
• CBC: An Ontario doctor says ERs are more stressed than he's ever seen — the data backs it up
• TVO: Quote of note: A doctor on airport wait times vs. health-care wait times
• CBC: Right time' to end vaccine travel mandates, says specialist       
• CBC: Ontario to end most mask mandates Saturday, including in hospitals, on public transit
• CTV Windsor: 'Short at least 37 physicians': Community raises concerns over family doctor shortage
• CBC Toronto: Health-care issues and the LGBTQ community
• City News: Health of those in the 2SLGBTQ+ community disproportionately affected by COVID-19 pandemic
• Queen’s Park Briefing: Ontario needs to think bigger on LGBTQ health to address pandemic effects, doctors say
• CTV Ottawa: Ottawa family doctors say burnout is real and some are leaving their practices

May 2022

• Windsor Star: Sadly, health care failed to become primary focus of election campaign
• Sault Star: Ontario election — the focus should be on health care. Sadly, it is not
• CTV Windsor: Surgical backlog in Windsor below pre-pandemic levels
• CBC Up North: Northern Ontario doc talks healthcare and the provincial election
• CTV: Monkeypox in Canada: Act now to stop it, expert urges, before it's too late
• Windsor Star: Windsor has higher than average wait times for medical procedures after COVID-19 cancellations
• CTV Northern Ontario: Ontario doctors say the backlog for certain services reaching crisis levels
• CBC: Monkeypox not the same as COVID-19, says expert
• CityNews: Nearly 1K cases of new COVID variant in Ontario but no significant concern, experts say
• CTV: Experts hope 'ring vaccination' will contain monkeypox outbreaks
• Radio-Canada:  Aînés et COVID : la résilience d’une population encore « mise de côté »
• Brampton Guardian: How is Peel’s health-care system catching up on surgery backlogs?
• Global News: What the discovery of Omicron sub variants means for Canadians
• CBC: 7 cases of severe acute hepatitis reported at Toronto children's hospital
• CTV: Lasting fatigue a symptom of long COVID, expert says
• CBC Sudbury: NDP sets sights on health care, education with Northern platform
• CP24: Ontario ‘turning the corner’ on sixth COVID-19 wave
• Globe and Mail: The logic behind vaccine mandates for travellers no longer holds
• CBC: Ontario ice cream maker tarred by 'lies' from anti-vaxxers, this time after doctor's 'nice' tweet
• CTV Northern Ontario: Ontario Medical Association release stats surrounding wait times in the north
• Sudbury Star: A prescription for Northern Ontario: More health-care staff, more flexibility
• CTV Northern Ontario: 'Doctors' Day' highlights northern shortages, burnout
• Sudbury.com: Ontario docs call on feds for $10B to clear backlog of health services
• City News: COVID-19 clearly moving towards endemic phase, says infectious disease expert

April 2022

• CTV: Roberta Bondar says healthy population and healthy planet go hand in hand
• Kingston This Week: Trent Hills doctor recruitment group recognizes physicians
• Cambridge Today: Cambridge Chamber asks community to show appreciation for local physicians May 1
• Global News: Canada detects severe hepatitis of ‘unknown origin’ cases in kids. What is it?
• CTV: 'Don't trust rapid tests': Expert advises Canadians to test more than once before making plans
• Global News: ‘Living in pain’: Canadians travel across the world to avoid surgery backlog
• Kingston This Week: Health care hot topic for next provincial election
• CBC: Long wait times, lack of access to mental health care and doctor shortages in the Kingston area
• Lake Superior News: Fixing wait times, doctor shortages in Thunder Bay
• CBC Superior Morning: Dr. Stephen Viherjoki wants to draw attention to problems facing the healthcare system in the north - including doctor shortages - as an election looms.
• Globe and Mail: We can reduce the threat of COVID-19 without more lockdowns
• Windsor Star: Wait times longer in Windsor for some non-emergency surgeries, report says
• Windsor Star: Patients must take on more responsibility as health care evolves
• CBC London Morning: National doctor shortage impacts on London
• Yahoo!News: The 'dire' doctor shortage in rural northwestern Ontario: 5 proposed solutions
• Global News: Did the lifting of mask mandates impact the 6th wave?
• Toronto Star: Precarious work, unfair wage, not enough sick days: What experts say is exacerbating the COVID-19 pandemic

March 2022

• Toronto Star: As some countries roll out fourth doses of COVID vaccine, Canada is struggling to get citizens to take a third
• CTV: What could a new COVID-19 variant look like? Here's what experts have to say
• Global News: Ontario heading into another COVID-19 wave, expert says
• CBC: Doctor shortage closes Red Lake, Ont., ER for 24 hours. Officials say it could happen elsewhere
• CTV: COVID-19 wastewater data indicates slight increasing trend in cases
• CTV Northern Ontario: New data says physician burnout doubled during COVID-19 pandemic
• Global News: Ontario’s lifting of mask mandates Monday leaves some with tough choice
• CBC: COVID-19 restrictions are lifting, but unvaccinated Canadians still can't board planes or trains
• CTV News: Spring wave of COVID-19? Be prepared Canada, experts warn
• CBC: Time for a regular checkup? Here's what doctors say you should ask about
• Toronto Star: Ottawa to end pre-arrival COVID-19 testing for vaccinated travellers entering Canada
• CTV: No going back to what we used to think of as normal, experts say on pandemic anniversary
• TVO: GTA doctor Seema Marwaha on harassment and ‘scary moments’
• CBC: Lifting mask mandates 'a slap in the face' to responsible Canadians, says doctor
• Globe and Mail: Health workers prescribe radical changes to health care to treat pandemic burnout
• CTV: Is Ontario dropping its COVID-19 mask mandate too soon?
• Toronto.com: Toronto's mask bylaw will end soon — but masking still a good idea, says city's top doctor

February 2022

• CTV News: Expert supports lifting restrictions but says it's too soon to ease mask mandates
• Global News: Easing of travel restrictions signals a new pandemic phase
• The Globe and Mail: Industry groups demand Ottawa lift COVID-19 travel testing requirements
• CBC: Medicago's homegrown, plant-based COVID-19 vaccine approved by Health Canada
• CTV Barrie: 'It's the time:' Medical expert supports Ontario's move to lift restrictions
• CBC: Ontario science table shows COVID-19 levels dropping in wastewater, except in the north
• CHCH News: Vaccinated travellers will no longer need PCR test to enter Canada
• CTV: 'The time is absolutely right' for pandemic measures to lift, experts say
• CBC: With rationale for Ontario's vaccine certificate waning, experts weigh in on passport removal plan
• Sudbury Star: Northern Ontario School of Medicine receives 'ground-breaking' donation

January 2022

• 680 News: Canadian health-care workers write open letter in wake of protests
• Toronto Star: As March break looms, is it time to lift COVID-19 testing requirements to board a plane?
• Bay Today: Million dollar donation should get more BIPOC female doctors working in northern Ontario
• Global News: Has the pandemic reached an ‘endemic’ stage?
• CTV: New partnerships to tackle surgical backlog
• CBC: Ontario reported 3,019 COVID-19 hospitalizations on Sunday, 58 new deaths
• Global News: Ontario will need to exercise patience as province reopens: Juni
• CTV: What science has learned about COVID-19 immunity amid Delta, Omicron waves
• Toronto.com: Is it time to change the definition of fully vaccinated?
• CBC: Why being hospitalized 'for' COVID and 'with' COVID are different – and why it matters
• CTV: How a rise in long-haul COVID-19 symptoms could be a 'mass disabling event'
• Toronto Star: Calls grow for return to 10-day isolation period for COVID-19
• Toronto Star: This Hamilton physician is charged with sexual assault — but the body regulating doctors says it wasn’t aware
• Globe and Mail: Toronto hospitals strain as Omicron hits health care workers
• Toronto Star: How many kids aged 5 to 11 have been vaccinated in your neighbourhood? You might be surprised
• CTV: Does a COVID-19 breakthrough infection actually give you 'super immunity'?
• Manitoulin Expositor: Island physician urges province to prioritize N. Ontario healthcare
• CBC Sudbury: Growing calls to have more students admitted to NOSM to address doctor shortage
• CBC: Here's what you need to know about 4th doses of COVID vaccine
• CTV: Wastewater testing suggests COVID-19 could be plateauing
• Global News: Vaccination may lower risk of 'long COVID' studies say — but experts aren't so sure
• CBC: Some patients go in for COVID-19, others are infected alongside another issue. In hospitals, those lines blur
• CTV News: How a rise in long-haul COVID-19 symptoms could be a 'mass disabling event'
• Toronto Star: Ontario’s top doctor urges pregnant people be prioritized for third doses of COVID vaccine
• Sault Star: Healthy NOSM growth would help soothe MD shortage: Council
• CTV Northern Ontario: Medical association presents northern healthcare priorities for pre-budget consultations
• CBC: Are vaccinated people getting hospitalized with Omicron? Your COVID-19 questions answered
• Global News: Protecting your family during the Omicron surge
• CTV Northern Ontario: Ontario’s doctors set priorities with the province
• CBC: Kingston, Ont., has a profound doctor shortage. Here's why
• Sault Star: ‘Difficult’ to peg impact of pause to non-urgent surgeries: Sault Area Hospital
• CP24: Pediatrician groups call for Ontario schools to reopen no later than Jan. 17
• CBC: Hamilton monoclonal antibody clinic sees 'incredible results' for high-risk COVID patients
• Ottawa Citizen: Ontario schools reopen (maybe) in two weeks. What can be done to make them safer from COVID-19?
• CTV: High COVID-19 case count leading to more hospitalizations in Ontario
• Global News: Cough, cold or COVID-19? Doctors say with symptoms overlapping, it’s impossible to tell
• Toronto Star: Omicron is only now hitting seniors. Here’s why this may spell more trouble for Ontario hospitals