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As Ontario Premier Doug Ford and his government celebrate winning a years-long privacy battle at the Supreme Court of Canada, some are raising concerns the precedent-setting decision could harm transparency in the future. On Friday, a panel of seven Supreme Court judges unanimously agreed mandate letters written by Ford to …
Read More »Wildfire smoke can worsen asthma. What you can do to protect yourself – National
The death of a nine-year-old B.C. boy whose asthma was exacerbated by wildfire smoke is a horrific example of how dangerous poor air quality can be for people suffering from underlying respiratory and cardiac conditions, experts say. When wildfire smoke pollutes the air, “there is definitely an increase in asthma …
Read More »Ambulance delays, shortages in Ontario worsen even as new funding flows
As Ontario’s health-care crisis intensified, the province was asked to double down on a policy created more than a decade ago to reduce how long ambulances are stuck in emergency rooms. In 2008, the then-Liberal government began employing nurses at Ontario hospitals to help unload ambulances and get paramedics back …
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