The Decibel
The Decibel
The Globe and Mail
The volunteers filling the gaps in Canada’s health care
29 minutes Posted Oct 13, 2026 at 9:00 am.
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Amidst the news about Canada’s strained and struggling healthcare system, there is a bright spot. The Globe and Mail published a series recently about volunteers filling in the gaps, called Care Between the Lines – about the volunteers who take a patient-first approach in a system that can often be isolating.
Today, we’re bringing you a few of those stories of the volunteers getting rural Canadians to medical appointments, helping families in a pediatric hospital and getting seniors out for a bike ride.
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