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Providence Health’s policy says it doesn’t allow MAID in its facilities, “given the incompatibility of Catholic teaching with actions intended to terminate human life”
Published July 04, 2023 • Last updated 1 day ago • 3 minute read
Sam O’Neill, who died days before her 35th birthday, was in hospital with her dog, Jack, and a friend’s dog, Bella. jpg
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BC’s health minister is pushing a Catholic health organization to change a policy that bars medically assisted dying in its facilities.
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Newmarket, Markham restaurants charged with public health infractions
During inspections from June 26 to July 2, Ranch Fresh in Newmarket and H2 KTV in Markham were charged by York Region inspectors
Restaurants in Newmarket and Markham were charged with public health violations by York Region inspectors last week.
Ranch Fresh at 695 Stonehaven Ave., building C, in Newmarket was charged June 30 for maintaining a food premise in a manner adversely affecting sanitary operations, according to a report for inspections made June 26 to July 2 by York Region Community and Health Services, health protection division.
Items noted as not in compliance included: not holding potentially hazardous food…
Quinoa Beet Salad – JennifersKitchen
Let me be very clear. I do not like beets. I’ve spent over fifty years disliking beets.
I’ve tried them boiled (gag-inducing), roasted (almost tolerable, but no), raw (the additional chewing required just prolongs the misery), and picked (where’s the bathroom?).
To me, beets taste like garden dirt laced with a little bit of sugar. Interestingly, there is validity to that perception. Beets contain a naturally-occurring compound called geosmin, and geosmin gives beets their dirt-like . . . er. . . earthy flavour.
Some people like this earthy flavor.
I’m not one of them.
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Montreal’s REM: Company in charge of project hit with health and safety violations
The company responsible for building Montreal’s REM light rail has violated multiple health and safety regulations during the construction of the railway that put workers at risk, according to reports issued by Quebec’s occupational health and safety commission (CNESST).
The FTQ union representing construction workers says there have been concerns since the beginning of the project, which was contracted to construction and engineering firm NouvLR in 2018.
“It’s been so many years that we’ve been fighting with those issues with the CNESST and they’ve been on job sites, but many times the employer just didn’t listen,” FTQ general manager Eric…
Calgary restaurant ordered to close due to cockroach infestation, obstructing health inspector – Calgary
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A southwest Calgary restaurant was ordered to close by Alberta Health Services after a health inspector allegedly found a serious cockroach infestation in the kitchen.
AHS said Abyssinia Restaurant, an Ethiopian and Eritrean restaurant located in the Beltline, was issued a closure order after an inspection on Tuesday, June 13.
According to the inspector, there was an infestation of cockroaches at “various stages of life” in the kitchen, particularly the east interior wall. Pest monitoring records were not available for review, the report read.
The restaurant also allegedly had an accumulation of…
Middleton mayor calls for change after patient death at Soldiers Memorial Hospital
Local officials in Middleton, NS, are calling on the provincial government to improve emergency services at Soldiers Memorial Hospital after a recent patient death.
Paramedics and firefighters responded to a call about a patient in cardiac arrest last Thursday while the doctor on call wasn’t on site.
Town officials say it’s a symptom of a failing system, but the health authority says staff followed the normal process.
In a letter to Premier Tim Houston on Monday that was forwarded to CBC, Middleton Mayor Sylvester Atkinson writes that members of the Middleton Fire Department who were paged to Soldiers Memorial assumed…
Access to English medical services threatened in Bill 15: rights group
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“There’s been some terrible news stories of English-speaking patients being told, ‘I won’t serve you in English because that’s my right,'” said the Community Health and Social Services Network’s executive director.
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Published June 05, 2023 • Last updated 2 days ago • 4 minute read
Quebec Health Minister Christian Dubé has said he hopes Bill 15 becomes law before the summer break, but there are reports that the final adoption may be postponed until September. Photo by Jacques Boissinot /The Canadian Press
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Canada’s alcohol policies failing to meet public health standards: report
All ten provinces and three territories received a failing grade on meeting public health standards for alcohol policies, according to a research project evaluating suggested Canadian alcohol guidelines.
The report by the Canadian Alcohol Policy Evaluation project (CAPE) and led by the University of Victoria’s Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research (CISUR) found that provincial and federal governments can still do more to reduce harm from alcohol use in Canada.
Researchers evaluated alcohol policies at a federal and provincial level and evaluated each province and territory based on eleven categories such as pricing, taxation, and health and safety messaging, among…