Doctors hope savings will be reinvested in much-needed frontline services

"Ontario’s doctors fully support a system that prioritizes the integration of family medicine, specialists, acute and long-term care, and community and home-based care networks to better serve patients and their families."

TORONTO, January 31, 2019 /COMMUNITYWIRE/ – The Ontario Medical Association (OMA) welcomes the first report of the Premier’s Council on Improving Health Care and Ending Hallway Medicine, chaired by notable physician leader Dr. Rueben Devlin, and is encouraged that the types of changes being considered will improve frontline services in Ontario’s health care system.

The proposal will help allay the costs of always-on journalism and coverage of local issues, giving the industry more time to innovate and navigate through the challenge of preserving our distinctly Canadian voices.

News Media Canada today announced the presentation of a proposal, in support of Canadian journalism, to Minister of Canadian Heritage Mélanie Joly. The proposal has the support of News Media Canada membership—representing news media organizations serving big cities and small communities from coast to coast—along with staff and unions representing Canada’s newsrooms.

The Humanitarian Coalition is made up of seven leading agencies who work together to increase the impact, efficiency and effectiveness of Canadian responses to international disasters and emergencies. The following article and attached image are free to use in your publications. Should you wish to conduct an interview with a Canadian who has recently witnessed the devastation or a South Sudanese now in Canada, please contact Yosé Cormier at 613-292-2687.

When you donate to members of the Humanitarian Coalition, you are giving experienced aid workers, already helping on the ground in countries like Yemen and South Sudan, the ability to reach even more people. Together, we can indeed save more lives.

Imagine walking to the local market and finding only empty stalls.

The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has approved an approximately $36 million settlement of a class action involving twelve former Ontario institutions for individuals with developmental disabilities. The lawsuit alleged former residents were harmed while living at these institutions.

There has been a lot of interest and coverage in recent days about close relations between Canada and the United States and meetings between our respective political leaders to discuss issues of mutual interest.

Among these many common issues, one area where there has been friendship and considerable goodwill for more than 30 years is the shared pursuit of conservation. It is a huge success story that has involved vision and partnership.

Hello fellow community newspaper editor,

I hope that you will consider running the following as a guest editorial or, at the least, a letter to the editor.

By Keith McNeill

Prime minister Justin Trudeau should call for a worldwide referendum on a global carbon fee-and-dividend at the COP21 climate change conference in Paris.

The conference will start on Nov. 30 and will last until Dec. 11.

November 12, 2015

OTTAWA – Canada’s universities are inviting their local Members of Parliament for behind-the-scenes campus experiences to showcase how universities are preparing students for the future and building stronger communities.

WHO: Local Members of Parliament, local universities

Isabelle Ava-Pointon, 17, Burnaby BC
2015 Beaverbrook Vimy Prize winner

November 11th is coming. Once again we feel mildly uncomfortable at the thought of having to stand in silence and think of unpleasant things. We are in the midst of the centenary of the First World War, and there are no living veterans of that conflict. Now, more than ever, it is our duty to keep the flame of remembrance burning.

Young people across Canada recently headed off to university for the fall semester. Those of us a little older may feel a twinge of envy, as we remember our own time on leafy campuses in September. But in fact their experience is quite unlike ours. More than ever before, these students are learning by doing.