CANADA

Canada Express Entry Draw September 2026: 229 Physicians Invited for Permanent Residence with CRS Score of 198

n addition to that, Canada has been continuously generating more chances for doctors to immigrate to Canada permanently via the Express Entry program. Canada Express Entry draw September 2026, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) invited 229 doctors with Canadian work experience to apply for permanent residency.The latest draw is of special significance for those doctors who have already obtained some working experience in Canada. The candidates required at least 198 CRS score to receive an invitation in this ....Read More

Health-care hiring has propped up Canada’s job market. Will patients see a difference?

A hiring boom across Alberta and Ontario health-care systems has been singlehandedly propping up Canada's national job market — but that growth may say more about the sluggish state of the rest of the economy than about improving patient outcomes.A report from Desjardins Group looking at Statistics Canada jobs data shows the two provinces have collectively added over 100,000 health-care jobs, mainly in public institutions, since the early days of the U.S. trade war, a trend consistent with increased funding for the sector set aside in those provinces' budgets. Desjardins' analysis of provincial budget documents shows Alberta and Ontario each planned to spend upwards of $8 billion more on health in 2026 than 2025. Ontario budgeted $91.5 billion for health last year while...Read More.

Canada needs to bolster its biomanufacturing capacity

Canada has long been a source of world-class health and life sciences innovation. All too often, however, the economic benefits of these breakthroughs have been realized elsewhere, leaving Canada to miss out on the jobs, investment and long-term economic returns that come with a strong domestic biomanufacturing sector.

In recent years, governments invested heavily in biomanufacturing infrastructure, spurred in part by the COVID-19 pandemic and the realization that Canada lacked the domestic capacity to produce critical vaccines and therapeutics at scale. But building facilities is only one piece of the puzzle. The challenge now is to ensure those investments translate into a thriving ecosystem.

“We need to do everything we can to encourage and incentivize building out our biomanufacturing capacity in order to keep companies in Canada,” says Maura Campbell, president and CEO of OBIO. Working closely with health science companies navigating the path from innovation to market, she has seen firsthand the challenges they face. Here, she shares what’s needed to strengthen Canada’s biomanufacturing ecosystem and the opportunities that could help Canada capture more of the value created by its life sciences...Read More

Temporary emergency department to open in Dauphin's hospital on Labour Day

A Manitoba emergency department is set to reopen next week after being shuttered for more than a month due to extensive flood damage.

The Dauphin Regional Health Centre will provide emergency services at its main floor as restoration work continues in other areas of the hospital, the province said Monday.

Heavy rains around Canada Day knocked out power at the hospital, flooded its basement and destroyed its HVAC system. The damage forced out dozens of patients, who had to be moved to health centres elsewhere in the province...Read More