10 stories that mattered: Dec. 6-12.

• Ontario’s health care system will saddle the province with a $1.19-trillion tax burden due to increased costs over the next 50 years, the C.D. Howe Institute reported. The think tank urged the province to control costs by switching from an agebased drug plan to an income-based one, and expanding the role of less costly health workers, such as nurses and pharmacists. • Two violent attacks on health workers in British Columbia prompted a call for increased security in mental health facilities. The British Columbia Nurses Union asked the Interior Health Authority to immediately provide personal alarms, security cameras and dedicated security on psychiatric wards.