Kids Help Phone says it’s turning to artificial intelligence to help respond to the “enormous need” as more and more young people reach out for mental health help and support.
“Young people are changing fast and technology is changing faster,” said Michael Cole, senior vice-president and chief information officer for Kids Help Phone.
The helpline is partnering with the Toronto-based Vector Institute, which bills itself as a consultant for organizations, businesses and governments to develop and adopt “responsible” AI programs.
The planned AI will be able to recognize key words and speech patterns from young people who reach out to…
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Lobbyists target Ontario Health amidst Ford government changes: report
As the Ford government increases the number of for-profit clinics operating in the province’s health-care sector, the lobbying of Ontario Health has shot up by 50 per cent, a new report shows.
The Integrity Commissioner of Ontario’s annual report, which summarizes the work by the ethics watchdog during the 2022 to 2023 year, shows the overall number of lobbyists at Queen’s Park is up.
Ontario Health, the government agency in charge of health care, was the most lobbied Crown corporation over the past year. It was lobbied 276 times, an increase of 51 per cent compared to the previous year,…
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…
Man swimming with family in Midlands lake disappeared under the water, SC coroner said
A death is under investigation after a Midlands man disappeared under water for more than an hour Sunday, the Fairfield County Coroner’s Office said in a news release.
Coroner Chris Hill said his office responder to the scene of a drowning in Lake Wateree at about 3:15 pm, according to Tuesday’s release. The drowning happened in a portion of the lake in Ridgeway, the coroner’s office said.
Johnny Mack Simmons, a 37-year-old Winnsboro resident, was swimming in the lake with his family, according to the release.
At one point Simmons went under water and did not resurface, the coroner’s office…
How vulnerable is your neighborhood to excessive heat?
Extreme heat has a way of exposing society’s vulnerabilities. And as extreme heat events become more frequent in the United States, data shows that the poorest Americans will be most at risk.
People living in the largest, most densely populated metropolitan cities and those living in the most remote, rural parts of the country face similarly high risks during severe heat waves, an NBC News analysis of US Census Bureau and US Department of Agriculture data found. But while the risks are high, the reasons often differ.
Use this interactive map to explore the country and see how vulnerable the…
Tentative deal halts strike action by thousands of Manitoba health-care workers, days before deadline
Strike action by about 6,500 rural paramedics and emergency dispatch, respiratory therapists, lab and diagnostic technologists, and other allied health professionals throughout Manitoba will not go as planned this week, after Shared Health reached a tentative agreement in principle with their union, the provincial organization announced on Monday.
On June 1, the Manitoba Association of Health Care Professionals (MAHCP) threatened strike action if it did not accept a new collective agreement by 8 am on Thursday.
Members had voted 99 per cent in favor of a strike mandate in April. Their union said earlier this month that members had gone…
BC health authority at the center of legal battle
An ugly legal battle between one of BC’s biggest health authorities and a medical services provider in Vancouver is threatening to alienate medical providers and disrupt patient care.
Vancouver Coastal Health is trying to appoint a receiver to sell Seymour Health’s two urgent and primary care centers (UPCCs), after which the company racked up millions of dollars in debt following the health authority’s decision to throttle payments for medical diagnostics, which the centers performed anyway . As a result, thousands of non-urgent patients were diverted from emergency departments and the company fulfilled one of the core goals of the UPCC…