Health Edition is a weekly, independent publication from Krysgar Communications Inc. that has been in production since 1996. Our mission is to help Canadians stay on top of developments to their health care system, and to foster dialogue about health reform.

Each week, we sift through thousands of items from dozens of news sources, government and other organizations, and Hansard (the official record of the proceedings of the federal House of Commons in Ottawa as well as each of the 10 provincial legislatures). On top of this, we write articles featuring interviews with the top newsmakers in health care across Canada.

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Intellectual Property and Privacy

We are very careful in preparing Health Edition to respect copyright laws in Canada. While we prepare short summaries of articles that have appeared in newspapers or other information sources, we do not copy any text or quote extensively from any one article. Sources are listed for your reference, and if you would like to read the original article we would be pleased to send you complete bibliographical details.

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Bilingualism

It is regrettable that, at this time, Health Edition is a unilingual English publication even though we cover health care events in Québec, the National Assembly and the French-language Québec media. Unfortunately, logistical constraints and our production timetable make it impossible to offer a French-language version of Health Edition. Some day, we hope to address this inequity.

Abbreviations used

Below are the abbreviations used for some of most commonly used news media and other information sources. If you are ever uncertain about an abbreviation we use, please contact us.

BN (Broadcast News)
Cal. H. (Calgary Herald)
C. Sun (Calgary Sun)
CP (Canadian Press)
C.B. Post (Cape Breton Post)
Char. G. (Charlottetown Guardian)
Chat. D-N (Chatham Daily News)
Edm. J. (Edmonton Journal)
E. Sun (Edmonton Sun)
Fred. D-G (Fredericton Daily Gleaner)
Gaz. (Montreal Gazette)
G&M (Globe & Mail)
Hal. D-N (Halifax Daily News)
Hal. C-H (Halifax Chronicle Herald)
Ham. S. (Hamilton Spectator)
Han. (Hansard)
ISDN (ISDN Wire Services)
JdeM (Journal de Montreal)
Kam. D-N (Kamloops Daily News)
King. W-S (Kingston Whig-Standard)
Kit. W-R (Kitchener Waterloo Record)
La Pre. (La Presse)
Le Dev. (Le Devoir)
Le Sol. (Le Soleil)
Le Dr. (Le Droit)
Les Aff. (Les Affaires)
L’Act. (L’Actualité)
Lon. F-P (London Free Press)
Macl. (Maclean’s)
Monc. T-T (Moncton Times Transcript)
Nan. D-N (Nanaimo Daily News)
N. Post (National Post)
N.B. T-J (New Brunswick Telegraph Journal)
NR (News Release)
Ott. Cit. (Ottawa Citizen)
Ott. Sun (Ottawa Sun)
PC (Presse Canadienne)
P. Alb. D-H (Prince Albert Daily Herald)
P.G. Cit. (Prince George Citizen)
Reg. L-P (Regina Leader Post)
Rpt. (Report)
Sarn. Ob. (Sarnia Observer)
Sask. S-P (Saskatoon Star Phoenix)
Sault S. (Sault Star)
SN (Southam News)
St. C. Std. (St. Catherines Standard)
St. J. E-T (St. John’s Evening Telegram)
Sud. Star (Sudbury Star)
T. Star (Toronto Star)
T. Sun (Toronto Sun)
V. Sun (Vancouver Sun)
V. Prov. (Vancouver Province)
Vic. D-C (Victoria Daily Colonist)
Wht. Star (Whitehorse Star)
Win. Star (Windsor Star)
W. Sun (Winnipeg Sun)
Winn F-P (Winnipeg Free Press)

Foreign wire services:
AFP (Agence France Presse)
AP (Associated Press)
Bloom. (Bloomberg)
K-R (Knight Ridder)
PRN (PR Newswire)
Reut. (Reuters)
UPI (United Press International)

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