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Police in Middlesex County have charged a southwestern Ontario man with criminal harassment after an incident at a drag queen storytime event in Parkhill earlier this year. Middlesex OPP say the investigation began on April 29 at a public event held at the Parkhill Library. Sources tell Global News that …

A London, Ont., man has been charged with criminal harassment following an incident in Windsor earlier this week. According to the Windsor Police Service, officers were contacted on Thursday after a 36-year-old woman reported being consistently harassed through social media following the Wortley Village Pride event in London last weekend. …

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Manitoba is set to begin collecting race-based patient data in a push for more equitable health care. Patients at hospitals will be asked about their race, ethnicity and Indigenous identity during the registration process at hospitals, and the information will be collected …

TORONTO — Ontario’s patient ombudsman says he has seen a rising number of complaints about poor quality of care in the health-care system and an increase in use of force by hospital security. The findings come in the patient ombudsman’s annual report released today. There were more than 3,300 complaints …

Ontario’s privacy commissioner is investigating a sweeping data project at the University of Toronto that is alleged to have collected over 600,000 electronic medical records without patient consent or knowledge. Filed last summer by a group of concerned doctors in the GTA, a privacy complaint alleges the University of Toronto …

Toronto’s SickKids hospital is reporting a significant increase in the number of pediatric patients being transferred out of its beds as Ontario struggles with a wave of sick children. As a result of the recent viral surge, an average of between two and eight children per day are being transferred …

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted November 29, 2022 3:54 pm Descrease article font size Increase article font size Ontario’s air ambulance service says it’s seeing an increase in the number of children it transports, with a higher number of those transfers due to respiratory illnesses. Ornge says that increase …

Patient safety concerns uncovered during an ongoing federal review have led to the suspension of one of two clinical trials for MDMA-assisted psychotherapy currently underway in Canada. The Phase II trial in Toronto, sponsored by a mental health charity called the Remedy Institute, was issued a non-compliant rating on June …

WARNING: This story contains references to suicide.   Three months after Robert Martin died by suicide in his family home in April 2022, the Chatham, Ont., hospital where he had been treated is now taking steps to improve its mental health care services.  While it doesn’t erase the horrible pain of losing …

Bangalore: Narayana Health in collaboration with software company NetApp unveiled a homegrown records management system ‘Athma’ that will allow the company to manage its health data securely and efficiently. NetApp will work with Narayana to modernize its IT systems and implement technological advances in healthcare management to improve patient care …