Oct 20 2022 — Maan Alhmidi, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — TORONTO — Seniors living in long-term care across the country were three times more likely to have been prescribed antidepressants over the last five years than those in the community, a new report from the Canadian Institute for Health Information ind...
Oct 9 2022 — Maan Alhmidi, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — More Ontario municipalities are using online voting in this month's municipal elections than in 2018, despite the absence of provincial standards on how to conduct it. The province's Municipal Elections Act allows municipalities to opt to use alternati...
Oct 9 2022 — Maan Alhmidi, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — More Ontario municipalities are using online voting in this month's municipal elections than in 2018, despite the absence of provincial standards on how to conduct it. The province's Municipal Elections Act allows municipalities to opt to use alternati...
Sep 29 2022 — Maan Alhmidi, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — Tiffany Thomas headed to a Tampa-area hospital being used as a shelter in search of a cellphone signal and internet on Thursday after Hurricane Ian knocked out power and phone service in her neighbourhood overnight. The Winnipeg woman who lives in Val...
Aug 25 2022 — Maan Alhmidi, The Canadian Press — TORONTO — The well-being of physicians across Canada has significantly decreased with many doctors reporting poorer mental health than before the COVID-19 pandemic, a new survey suggests. The Canadian Medical Association's national physician health survey, released Thursday, indicates that 53 per cent of respondents reported symptoms of burnout, including emotional exhaustion. The reported burnout rate […]
Aug 22 2022 — Maan Alhmidi, The Canadian Press — TORONTO — A man who was on board a Toronto ferry that crashed on the weekend says passengers standing on the stairs waiting to disembark fell like a "deck of cards" when the vessel hit the dock. Mandeep Mashiana, who was standing nearby on the ferry, said the impact was enough to knock everyone off […]
Aug 18 2022 — Maan Alhmidi, The Canadian Press — TORONTO — The raises the province is offering education workers in a proposed four-year deal aren't enough to keep up with the cost of living, the union representing public high school teachers said Thursday. Karen Littlewood, president of the Ontario Secondary Schools Teachers' Federation, weighed in on the proposal the government tabled earlier this week […]
Aug 10 2022 — Maan Alhmidi, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — TORONTO — Several Ontario hospitals say they are preparing for potential shortage of epidural catheters as the province takes steps to track the inventory of the devices used to provide anesthesia during childbirth and some surgeries. Lakeridge Health in Durham Region said it's facing a potential shortage of epidural catheters related to supply-chain issues across […]
Aug 8 2022 — Maan Alhmidi, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — TORONTO — Canadian Blood Services is calling on donors to book and keep appointments as it faces a decrease in collections. The organization said Monday it currently has only four days worth of O+ blood type supply and five days worth of O- and B- blood types, along with six days worth of A- blood […]
Aug 8 2022 — Maan Alhmidi, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — TORONTO — Canadian Blood Services is calling on donors to book and keep appointments as it faces a decrease in collections. The organization said Monday it currently has only four days worth of O+ blood type supply and five days worth of O- and B- blood types, along with six days worth of A- blood […]
Jul 29 2022 — Maan Alhmidi, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — TORONTO — Students and staff planning to live in University of Toronto residences will need to have two shots of a COVID-19 vaccine and at least one booster dose before moving in this September. In a memo issued Thursday, the school said it recently reinstated the vaccination requirement for those living in its residences and […]
Jul 27 2022 — Maan Alhmidi, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — TORONTO — Cindy Wilinski, her husband and their four adult children all had upcoming appointments to donate blood but cancelled them this week after learning that Canadian Blood Services had suspended mandatory masking at its facilities. Wilinski said she and her family donate blood regularly – something they started doing after her granddaughter was diagnosed […]
Jul 27 2022 — Maan Alhmidi, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — TORONTO — Cindy Wilinski, her husband and their four adult children all had upcoming appointments to donate blood but cancelled them this week after learning that Canadian Blood Services had suspended mandatory masking at its facilities. Wilinski said she and her family donate blood regularly – something they started doing after her granddaughter was diagnosed […]
Jul 26 2022 — Maan Alhmidi, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — TORONTO — Ontario's government faced a call Tuesday to establish a permanent 10-day paid sick leave program in light of rising cases of monkeypox. Public Health Ontario reported 326 confirmed cases of monkeypox in the province as of Monday, up from 288 on Thursday. Those figures came as the Opposition New Democrats said a permanent […]
Jul 25 2022 — Maan Alhmidi, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — Lynn Prest was rushing to shelter in her basement during a severe thunderstorm when the roof of her home was torn off. The 56-year-old, who lives with her husband and adult son north of Tweed, Ont., says the storm that barrelled through Sunday night severely damaged her house, downed trees on her property and left […]