Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Chris Hannay, Kelly Grant
Publication Date: October 7, 2025 - 05:00
Ontario to offer early access to some new cancer drugs in pilot project
October 7, 2025
Ontario will give patients access to select new cancer drugs early as part of a pilot project that would make these medicines available whether or not public health plans have finalized price negotiations with the drug manufacturers.
At the same time, the pan-Canadian Pharmaceutical Alliance (pCPA), the national body that represents all public insurance plans, says it will try to speed up price negotiations so they are finished earlier, possibly eliminating the need for Ontario’s pilot project.
Unpublished Newswire
The Alberta government is expected to introduce back-to-work legislation on Monday to force striking teachers to return to classrooms after three weeks, raising fears among labour advocates that the province will invoke the Charter’s notwithstanding clause to override workers’ rights. More than 750,000 students have been out of class since Oct. 6, after negotiations between the Alberta Teachers’ Association and the province broke down.
October 26, 2025 - 21:24 | Meera Raman | The Globe and Mail
Health Canada has for the first time approved a disease-modifying drug for Alzheimer’s disease, a watershed moment that offers hope for patients but does not guarantee that the complex and expensive intravenous therapy will be widely available in this country. The federal regulator on Friday granted a conditional authorization for lecanemab, an antibody drug that can slow the progression of the disease for some people with mild cognitive impairment or early-stage dementia owing to Alzheimer’s.
October 26, 2025 - 21:08 | Kelly Grant | The Globe and Mail
The BC General Employees’ Union announced Sunday a tentative deal with the provincial government to end a strike that has disrupted services across the province for the last eight weeks. Some 25,000 workers have been on strike since early September, with escalating job action slowing or shuttering everything from student aid delivery to liquor distribution.
October 26, 2025 - 20:41 | Stephanie Levitz | The Globe and Mail
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