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August 15, 2022 07:00 ET | Source: Ontario Health Coalition

REPEAT – Ford Government’s health privatization comments “outrageous, and foolhardy”, raising red-flags about backroom deal making

Attn: Assignment Editor MEDIA ADVISORY:Press Conference Monday Morning TORONTO, Aug. 15, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Ontario Health Coalition is at its highest level of alert as a result of the...
August 12, 2022 20:21 ET | Source: Ontario Health Coalition

Ford Government’s health privatization comments “outrageous, and foolhardy”, raising red-flags about backroom deal making

Attn: Assignment Editor MEDIA ADVISORY:Press Conference Monday Morning TORONTO, Aug. 12, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Ontario Health Coalition is at its highest level of alert as a result of the...
August 19, 2021 12:00 ET | Source: Ontario Health Coalition

Provincial Health Coalitions Put Federal Parties on Notice: Canadians Demand Real Action to Fix Long-Term Care

TORONTO, Aug. 19, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- With a federal election called for September 20, provincial Health Coalitions across Canada are putting all federal political parties on notice. The...
August 19, 2021 07:00 ET | Source: Ontario Health Coalition

REPEAT – MEDIA ADVISORY: Advocates Across Canada Decry Failure of Federal Government to Take Action on Long-Term Care, Demand Meaningful Commitments as Election Looms

TORONTO, Aug. 19, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- With a federal election on September 30, Provincial Health Coalitions across Canada are putting all federal political parties on notice. Canadians are...
August 17, 2021 13:14 ET | Source: Ontario Health Coalition

MEDIA ADVISORY: Advocates Across Canada Decry Failure of Federal Government to Take Action on Long-Term Care, Demand Meaningful Commitments as Election Looms

TORONTO, Aug. 17, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- With a federal election on September 30, Provincial Health Coalitions across Canada are putting all federal political parties on notice. Canadians are...
July 27, 2021 14:34 ET | Source: Ontario Health Coalition

Health Coalition Issues Urgent Open Letter to Ford Government’s Minister of Long-Term Care: Take Responsibility & Re-do the Biased Consultation for a New License to For-Profit LTC Orchard Villa

Attn: Assignment Editor PICKERING, Ontario and TORONTO, July 27, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Ontario Health Coalition issued an Open Letter to the Ford government’s Minister of Long-Term Care Rod...
December 04, 2020 15:30 ET | Source: Ontario Health Coalition

Health Coalition Applauds Excellent Recommendations Released by Long-Term Care Commission Today: Calls on Ford Government to Implement Them Immediately

TORONTO, Dec. 04, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The second set of recommendations from Ontario’s Long-Term Care COVID-19 Commission were released today (here: http://www.ltccommission-commissionsld.ca/)....
November 04, 2020 12:01 ET | Source: Ontario Health Coalition

181 COVID-19 outbreaks in health care settings leaving 89 residents dead & more than 1,800 staff & patients infected in 6-wks, numbers way up across the board, warns Ontario Health Coalition

TORONTO, Nov. 04, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The spread of COVID-19 in long-term care, retirement homes and hospitals is growing at an alarming rate. By every measure-- case numbers, number and size...
November 04, 2020 11:38 ET | Source: Ontario Health Coalition

Almost Four Dozen People Who Applied to Testify Before the Ontario Legislature’s Standing Committee on Bill 218 Limiting Legal Liability for COVID-19 Harms for Long-Term Care Homes and Others, Cut Out of the Hearings Today

TORONTO, Nov. 04, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Increasingly frustrated with the lack of accountability for the response to COVID-19 in Ontario’s long-term care homes, Coalition executive director...
November 03, 2020 15:26 ET | Source: Ontario Health Coalition

New Report on COVID-19 Outbreaks in Non-Health Care Workplaces Shows Growth in Cases Far Surpass the General Population in Schools, Retail, Public Services: Data & Communication Still Poor, Only One Public Health Unit is Reporting All Outbreaks with Names of Businesses

Attn: Assignment Editor TORONTO, Nov. 03, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- As COVID-19 cases in Ontario’s general population hit an all-time, increasing 24% in two weeks from October 13, 2020 to October...

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