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Video Debates: Can private clinics fix public health care?

Thursday, Nov. 11, 2010 11:34AM EST

The Globe's health care panel looks at the state of Canada's health care system and discusses the role private clinics can play within Medicare.

Part 2: Queue jumpers, two-tier and the Canada Health Act

Thursday, Nov. 11, 2010 11:28AM EST

Patients that have to wait months for treatment are de facto uninsured, argues Dr. Mark Goldey, and in that light, jumping queues is an acceptable option for system that already treats patients in a two-tier manner

Part 3: Does private care rob the public system of its best people?

Thursday, Nov. 11, 2010 11:24AM EST

If rich patients choose private care does that mean that the poor will get better care in the public system? Not if the public system has been robbed of all its talented physicians and nurses, says Dr. Irfan Dhalla

Part 4: Does patient know best?

Thursday, Nov. 11, 2010 11:20AM EST

Health care dollars should follow the patient no matter where he or she seeks treatment, says Dr. Mark Godley, while Dr. Irfan Dhall counters that sucha plan puts too much onus on the patient to choose the appropriate care

Doors Open Toronto brings public behind the scenes

Saturday, May. 26, 2012 8:09PM EDT

The Doors Open architecture tours kicked off on Saturday, allowing residents to explore the citys past through its unique buildings

Tornadoes shake up Quebec

Saturday, May. 26, 2012 5:57PM EDT

Saint Benoit de Mirabel, Que., is the site where one of two tornadoes struck the province Friday, causing heavy property damage. Environment Canada meteorologist Rene Heroux says no people appear to have been injured

Fires leave Timmins in 'no imminent danger'

Saturday, May. 26, 2012 4:43PM EDT

Cooler temperatures and a change in wind direction are aiding firefighting efforts in Northern Ontario. Timmins Mayor Tom Laughren says the city is in 'no imminent danger'

Astronauts enter world's first private supply ship

Saturday, May. 26, 2012 2:11PM EDT

Space station astronauts floated into the Dragon on Saturday, a day after its heralded arrival as the world's first commercial supply ship.

Cruise ship vs. bridge. Which one wins?

Saturday, May. 26, 2012 6:53AM EDT

A brand new cruise ship comes off worst in a too-close encounter with a bridge in China.

Florida brush fire closes interstate near Disney World

Saturday, May. 26, 2012 5:45AM EDT

A major highway in central Florida was closed for several hours as a bush fire raged nearby.

NJ man charged with murder in death of Etan Patz

Friday, May. 25, 2012 11:03PM EDT

A man accused of luring 6-year-old Etan Patz into the basement of a convenience store with the promise of a soda in 1979 and strangling him was charged with second-degree murder on Friday, the 33rd anniversary of the boy's disappearance.

No party for Facebook on IPO birthday

Friday, May. 25, 2012 10:48PM EDT

A survivor's story from Norway

Friday, May. 25, 2012 10:48PM EDT

Camp offers support, fun for kids of fallen soldiers

Friday, May. 25, 2012 10:44PM EDT

About 500 kids who have lost a family member in the wars have gathered for an annual camp outside Washington, to have fun and share experiences only they can understand.

Passenger restrained on flight to Miami arrested

Friday, May. 25, 2012 10:27PM EDT

Europe can overcome currency 'stumble'

Friday, May. 25, 2012 4:45PM EDT

The former EU Commissioner for Trade tells the Globe's Sonia Verma that Europe has achieved too much over the past 60 years to throw it away because of a currency crisis. The economic union can weather the storm though to do so will involve some pain.

European integration has failed to deliver

Friday, May. 25, 2012 4:45PM EDT

The Harvard professor tells The Globe's Sonia Verma that economically, Europe has never been able to properly integrate vastly divergent nations into anything remotely uniform

Abandoning the Euro would cause colossal pain

Friday, May. 25, 2012 4:23PM EDT

The British Lord and former EU commissioner for trade tells The Globe's Sonia Verma that the European union was flawed in implementation but not in principle

He predicted the Euro crisis, but he'd rather fix it than gloat

Friday, May. 25, 2012 4:08PM EDT

The Harvard professor tells the Globe's Sonia Verma that the conditions that dragged the world into the Great Depression in 1931 are upon us again, and it is imperative for people on both sides to get the Eurozone crisis fixed.

The Bachelorette explains her approach to men

Friday, May. 25, 2012 3:46PM EDT

Things didn't work out when Brad Womack picked Emily Maynard on ABC's 'The Bachelor.' 26-year-old Maynard is now 'The Bachelorette' and she says she took steps to be sure to have a happy ending.

Quebec students fight for right to protest

Friday, May. 25, 2012 3:26PM EDT

Protesters are not just fighting tuition hikes anymore. Student leaders have filed legal motions against Bill 78, which they say violates the rights of all Quebeckers.