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Controlling Your Sweet Tooth With Sweet & Simple Ontario Apple Snacks – Osinga Nutrition

A snack is always complete with a crunchy and sweet apple treat! Today I’m showing three simple apple recipes that will help control your sweet tooth! This post was developed in partnership with Ontario Apple Growers and Produce Made Simple. Ontario apples can be enjoyed all year round and are really the perfect snack – no prep work required! However, these three snacks that I have here don’t take any time at all to make. Which one would you try? Yogurt Apple Donuts 1 Apple (I used honey crisp) 1/2 cup Vanilla Greek Yogurt 2 tbsp Almond Butter Seeds &…
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CEO of Canadian virtual health-care company defends charging for services

As It Happens6:32CEO of Canadian virtual health-care company defends charging for services As the Liberal government pressures provinces to crack down on doctors charging money for medical services, the CEO of a virtual health-care clinic is defending the practice. Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos sent a letter last week to his provincial and territorial counterparts raising the alarm about doctors charging for medically necessary services, and warning that his government would claw back federal health-care payments if this continues. A senior government official told CBC that companies charging patients for virtual visits with a family physician are the chief targets of…
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Premier Smith worries Alberta’s health system losing focus given diffuse roles, priorities

Premier Danielle Smith says she’s concerned Alberta’s health-care delivery agency is being pulled in too many directions. Smith says she has asked Health Minister Adriana LaGrange to revamp the structure of Alberta Health Services, better known as AHS, to make it more responsive to regional needs. “Let’s get Alberta Health Services focused on doing what we all expect them to do, which is delivering the very best hospital care and then see if there’s other management structures that will work for some of those other areas,” Smith said Thursday. “Alberta Health Services should be absolutely expert in providing acute care.…
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Mobile West Shore team pairs police, mental-health workers

The province is expanding its Mobile Integrated Crisis Response teams, also known as Car programs, to nine BC communities, including the West Shore A program where specialized police officers are paired with health-care workers to respond to calls where people are experiencing a mental-health crisis is coming to the West Shore. The province announced Monday that it is spending $3 million to expand its Mobile Integrated Crisis Response teams, also known as Car programs, to nine more BC communities. The teams are already in place in 10 communities, including Victoria and Nanaimo on Vancouver Island. The West Shore RCMP team…
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Halle Berry Bomb Pops – Maria Mind Body Health

It’s my dear friend Halle Berry’s birthday on August 14th but with the 4th of July coming soon, I thought I must share my special recipe for Halle Berry Bomb Pops this month! As many of you know, I had the great pleasure of making friends with the beautiful Halle Berry and she wrote the forward for my Sugar Free Kids cookbook! I wanted to write a very special keto recipe for Halle Berry’s birthday so my boys and I created Halle Berry Bomb Pops which is a recipe found in my Sugar Free Kids cookbook! Halle Berry is the…