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By Staff The Canadian Press Posted March 8, 2024 11:19 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Ontario Premier Doug Ford says his government will build as many jails as needed to keep criminals behind bars “for a long time.” Ford was asked about overcrowding …
Read More »N.S. landlord group says fixed-term leases are needed. Not everyone’s convinced
A group representing landlords in Nova Scotia says the province’s already-strained rental supply will decrease further if fixed-term leases are restricted or eliminated. The Investment Property Owners Association of Nova Scotia (IPOANS) recently released survey results of what members would do if the province moved to restrict or eliminate fixed-term …
Read More »Home care attendants needed in Manitoba, WRHA recruiting workers with free program – Winnipeg
The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (WRHA) held a job fair for home care attendants on Monday, seeing dozens lined up for tests and interviews at Winnipeg’s RBC Convention Centre. Bria Foster, director for health services with the WRHA, said they’re needed. ” January of last year, our home care visits were …
Read More »Hospital staff overworked, support from province needed, Ontario union says
Hospital workers are buckling under the pressure of heavy workloads largely brought about by a staffing crisis, an Ontario union said Wednesday as it urged the province to do more to support those working in the health-care system. CUPE’s Ontario Council of Hospital Unions said Wednesday that understaffing is taking …
Read More »Experts say more resources and training needed to de-escalate mental health crises – Winnipeg
In 2021, Shared Health and the Winnipeg Police Service (WPS) announced the Alternative Response to Citizens in Crisis (ARCC) pilot project, which saw mental health clinicians and plainclothes officers attend to mental health crises. The goal was to decrease the use of emergency services for those types of calls, and …
Read More »Permanent emergency response team needed, B.C. Premier David Eby says
B.C.’s top elected official, Premier David Eby, took a tour in West Kelowna to see the wildfire devastation first-hand and talk to local officials and evacuees. He joined the Global BC News Morning show to talk about the tour in a live interview Wednesday morning. “There were a couple of …
Read More »Middlesex-London health team says doctor recruitment program nixed by committee is needed – London
With tens of thousands of Londoners lacking a primary care doctor, a local team of health providers say their planned recruitment and retention program has been misunderstood and is desperately needed. The Middlesex London Ontario Health Team (MLOHT) requested $80,000 annually for three years from the city of London to …
Read More »Paul Bernardo prison transfer needed to be kept ‘low profile,’ officials said
Senior officials within Correctional Service Canada (CSC) and Public Safety Canada said the then-looming transfer of serial killer Paul Bernardo to a medium-security prison needed to be kept “low profile” and under a “close hold” just days before it happened, internal emails show. The newly-released emails also show the CSC …
Read More »Data overhaul needed for cancer patients in Canada: advocacy groups – National
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted July 18, 2023 8:37 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size Two groups are calling for better data collection, including on race, ethnicity and end-of-life care, to help improve cancer outcomes across the country. The Canadian Cancer Society and the Canadian Partnership …
Read More »Ontario has $4 billion more for health care than needed for current programs: FAO
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted May 31, 2023 11:25 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size Ontario’s fiscal watchdog says the province has $4.4 billion more allocated to health-care than what’s needed to fund current programs and commitments made until 2026. The Financial Accountability Office of Ontario …
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