2025
Canadian Medical Groups Urge Participation in April Election
April 10, 2025
With the sudden imposition of US tariffs dominating the debate about Canada’s April 28 federal elections, medical groups are seeking to keep healthcare concerns on the agenda.
Canada’s Supervised Consumption Sites Come Under Fire
April 8, 2025
Despite evidence of their effectiveness in reducing overdose-related deaths, supervised consumption sites (SCS) are being targeted in Canada because of concerns that they cause public disorder, attract criminal activity, and threaten community safety.
Air and water pollution: A public health concern requiring proactive measures
April 5, 2025
Ian Culbert, Executive Director of the Canadian Public Health Association, discusses the health impacts of air and water pollution and steps needed to mitigate their impact
Ottawa marks 5 years since 1st COVID-19 case, start of pandemic
March 11, 2025
Misinformation can spread just as quickly as an airborne virus — and prove just as deadly, expert says
Alcohol-use surged in the pandemic. So did related deaths
February 3, 2025
The study released by the Canadian Medical Association Journal partly attributes the rise in alcohol-related harm during the early years of the pandemic to factors such as stress, boredom and easier access to alcohol.
2024
28% of kindergarten students in N.B. fail to meet immunization requirements
November 28, 2024
More than a quarter of New Brunswick kindergarten students did not meet the immunization requirements to enter public school in 2023-24, the latest figures from the Department of Health show.
Ontario lacks a health-care plan for alcohol harms as sales expand: health coalition
October 31, 2024
The Canadian Mental Health Association, the Canadian Public Health Association and the Canadian Cancer Society say the province has not responded to their request to work together on a plan to deal with possible harms.
Ban on safe consumption sites will increase risk of preventable deaths and illnesses, experts warn
October 17, 2024
Advocates are calling on the Ontario government to reverse its decision to shutter all supervised consumption sites (SCS), warning the move will significantly increase the risk of viral and bacterial disease transmission.
Healthcare leadership for a climate resilient future
October 14, 2024
The Lancet Countdown, which tracks the health impacts of climate across 47 indicators, has had a global impact, spurring national organisations to speak out on the risks of climate change. For example, the Canadian Medical Association, the Canadian Nurses Association, and the Canadian Public Health Association responded to the 2023 countdown with a policy brief that warns in plain language how “climate change will continue to have devastating impacts on health and human lives, further straining health systems and nullifying any possibility for adaptation, unless ambitious climate action is…
Closing supervised consumption sites will not solve the drug crisis, but it will take lives
October 14, 2024
The closure of several SCSs is so life-threatening that it prompted the Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA) to share a media release urging the government to reconsider their actions. The scathing title of the release, “dead people don’t need recovery beds,” powerfully sums up the CPHA’s warnings.