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Hundreds of ICU patients transferred between Ontario hospitals as COVID-19 admissions rise
For Toronto critical care physician Dr. Jamie Spiegelman, nearly every workday involves sending a handful of COVID-19 patients to other intensive care units. Sometimes that...
‘People are talking about the same things they talked about back then’: COVID stirs up memories of polio
When Elizabeth Lounsbury was eight years old, she snuck out of the house to go swimming with her friends. She had been taught to...
A year of misfortune: How the global pandemic has battered N.L.’s oil and gas industry
Amanda Young had her dream job as a cook on the Terra Nova FPSO, one of four oil-producing platforms in offshore Newfoundland and Labrador. “We...
Rogers fines 91-year-old woman unable to return equipment due to lockdown
The family of a 91-year-old woman is outraged Rogers had demanded she pay hundreds of dollars for failing to return phone and internet...
In a Regina retirement home, boxing and pool keep pandemic loneliness at bay
Like many other seniors, retired teacher Jim Nedelcov found himself trapped in his own apartment, bored and lonely when a lockdown was imposed about...
N.S. health records stored in an outdated, patchwork system, Desmond inquiry hears
Nova Scotia stores patient files in a patchwork of outdated digital medical databases, meaning physicians may get a limited scope of a person’s medical history,...
In face of deadly pandemic, Ontario long-term care homes continue breaking COVID-19 safety rules
Ten months into the COVID-19 pandemic, inspectors were still catching Ontario long-term care homes violating crucial infection prevention and control measures. A CBC...
Restaurant entrepreneur aims to thank every care-home worker in Canada with a free meal
Mohamad Fakih built a restaurant empire from the ground up, and COVID-19 has nearly torn it down. Yet, in a surprising contradiction, his...
Mom who lost son to tainted drugs disgusted by business-led push to move potential supervised consumption site
A Barrie, Ont., mother whose son died from consuming tainted drugs says she was disgusted to discover the city’s business leaders are paying...
Vaccine wars: Nations race to win friends and influence through vaccine distribution
It all seems so long ago now, but as 2019 drew to a close there was a lot of talk about a new “space race.” In...
As COVID-19 exposes long-term care crisis, efforts grow to keep more seniors at home
Lucy Fernandez volunteered in a long-term care home for 20 years. Although she saw first-hand how much of an effort staff and her...
Jail guards scanned him as negative for drugs. He died hours later with fentanyl hidden in his body
Ever since her son died of a massive fentanyl overdose behind bars, Angela Vos has been kept awake at night by a single...
Video captures patient crawling out exit after hospital dismisses pleas for help
David Pontone’s voice still shakes as he recalls having to crawl out of Toronto’s Humber River Hospital on his hands and knees. “The...
Senior presumed to have COVID-19 left soiled in bed for days after home care visits cancelled
A Mississauga, Ont., senior who relies on provincially funded home care was left soiled in his bed for days after he and his wife...
RCMP launch criminal probe into COVID-19 death tied to massive Alberta meat plant outbreak
Ariana Quesada, 16, walked into the RCMP detachment in High River, Alta., on Friday and filed a formal complaint asking police to investigate...
Why Canada’s seniors need the coronavirus vaccine so urgently
The rising number of people testing positive for COVID-19 in Canada, coupled with the new threat from mutant variants, makes it more urgent...
