Finance

The report says Newfoundland and Labrador and Nova Scotia have the highest healthcare costs per capita in Canada.

Kim Adair’s new report says that since 2020 Nova Scotia Health has awarded more than $3.7-billion worth of sole-sourced contracts, referred to as alternative procurement.

With TB rates climbing and U.S. deportations hitting record highs in 2026, Canada’s ‘wait-and-see’ approach to migrant health screening requires an immediate upgrade.

‘It’s quite jarring knowing that this is probably going to stretch out for the rest of my 20s and maybe even my early 30s.’

The Kings County Memorial Hospital Foundation ad hoc committee says Health PEI has reimbursed 75% of the cost of construction of Down East Clinic in Montague.

An international firm that the New Brunswick government recently signed a contract with to replace the popular virtual healthcare platform eVisitNB suffered a credit rating downgrade late last year because of financial problems.

The budget allocates over $1.1 billion in new funding for hospitals—more than a billion dollars less than what the Ontario Hospital Association has said the province’s overburdened hospital sector needs.

Some concerns (and confusion) still linger on certain the finer details of the model, as well as the potential for unintended consequences. Here’s a look into some of the key aspects of the model and how it will affect FHO physicians.