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2 days agoOntario misses federal funding deadline for nurse practitioners | CBC News
Ontario's health minister announced no plans for publicly funding all nurse practitioners despite federal compliance deadlines.
People in Ontario will have fast-tracked access to some new cancer drugs, Sylvia Jones, the province's deputy premier and minister of health announced Tuesday. The Funding Accelerated for Specific Treatments, or FAST, program aims to connect patients to life-saving and life-changing cancer treatments almost a full year sooner, reducing delays and improving access, Jones said at the University Health Network's Princess Margaret Cancer Centre in Toronto.