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Author: Kelly Grant
Publication Date: December 8, 2025 - 00:01
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More Canadians have primary care now compared with 3 years ago, study finds
December 8, 2025
More Canadians say they have a family doctor or nurse practitioner now than three years ago, according to a major national survey that suggests the country is beginning to turn the corner on the primary-care crisis.
The new results, released Monday, show an estimated 5.9 million Canadians don’t have a primary-care physician or nurse practitioner, an improvement from 2022, when about 6.5 million lacked a regular provider.
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December 8, 2025 - 06:00 | Isaac Callan | Global News - Ottawa
The Canadian government has a duty to ensure First Nations behind a class-action lawsuit have access to clean drinking water, a federal judge has ruled.The case, the third major class-action lawsuit brought forward in recent years over unsafe water in First Nations communities, was filed by Shamattawa First Nation and its Chief, Jordna Hill, and was certified in 2023. Shamattawa, a Treaty 5 First Nation in northern Manitoba, is a fly-in community that has faced “a near constant” drinking-water advisory since December of 2018, according to the decision filed on Friday by Federal Court...
December 8, 2025 - 05:30 | Susan Krashinsky Robertson, Willow Fiddler | The Globe and Mail
The College of Physicians and Surgeons of New Brunswick says it thoroughly reviewed a 2022 Quebec regulator’s decision to revoke the privileges of a family doctor who was found to have fraudulently obtained his medical license in Quebec.But the New Brunswick college says it found no reason to take similar measures and allowed Sanjeev Sirpal to continue practising and subsequently work in Nova Scotia through the Atlantic Registry, an interprovincial licensing program. Dr. Sirpal is now alleged to have sexually assaulted patients in both provinces.As Canada considers introducing greater...
December 8, 2025 - 05:00 | Lindsay Jones, Ha Tu Thanh | The Globe and Mail
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