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More than one in ten people from the province are without a doctor. “Watching my prescription run out feels like watching a time bomb ticking down,” says Evelyn Hornbeck

Walter Reynolds was bludgeoned to death by a patient, shocking Canada’s medical community and prompting physicians to share their own dangerous brushes with abuse

Jillian Horton: We spend much of our lives tending to the aftermath of failed social policies, afraid to engage. This is our call to speak out.

Michelle Cohen: The noose incident in Alberta highlights a deep-rooted culture of discrimination the profession has never properly acknowledged

Opinion: A growing number of students are finding that the expense and effort of studying to be a doctor may be in vain because they are unable to secure a residency spot

But an Insights West survey finds most Canadians also don’t like doctors setting up as small businesses to pay lower taxes

Opinion: The ongoing debate over tax reform is driven by partisan and special interests—and is a missed opportunity for democratic engagement

Opinion: Doctors are howling over Bill Morneau’s proposed closing of tax loopholes—but few of them would actually be significantly affected

In 2013, most would-be doctors came from just six undergrad schools, even though they were the tougher, more competitive ones