midwives

Cas Augaarjuk Connelly and Rachel Qiliqti Kaludjak never wanted to stop working at a Nunavut birthing centre, but they say years of mistreatment, racism and a lack of support from their government left them no choice.

Is it just me, or are you also feeling like Doug Ford just lashed out at women when he slashed funding for the College of Midwives of Ontario?

A string of politicians in Ontario and beyond have expressed outrage at the latest cut to social services from Doug Ford's Progressive Conservative government after National Observer reported it was retroactively pulling back funds from the Ontario College of Midwives on Thursday. Meantime, in another part of the country, Alberta's NDP government has announced an expansion of services.

British Columbia has announced it will pay for the so-called abortion pill starting Jan. 15, becoming the sixth province to provide free access to the drug.