By Maria Babbage, THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO - Self-governing bodies like the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario will share in the responsibility of helping more foreign-trained doctors get work in the province, Health Minister George Smitherman said Monday in introducing new legislation that is slated to pass in the fall.

By Chinta Puxley, THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO - Ontario patients could soon get drug prescriptions from their local pharmacist as the governing Liberals look to join other provinces and expand the prescribing powers of pharmacists, nurses and other non-physicians.

The Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care has announced that it will purchase 100 Dodge Grand Caravan minivans manufactured at Chrysler's Windsor assembly plant in Ontario, Canada.

By THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO - Ontario's Health Ministry has bought 100 new Dodge Grand Caravan minivans to help shuttle people without the means to make it to important medical appointments and cancer treatment sessions. The announcement came Friday in Windsor, Ont.

By THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO - Progressive Conservative Leader John Tory is calling on the province to take the C. difficile outbreak that's lead to 120 deaths at Ontario hospitals more seriously.