Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Mike Hager, Kathryn Blaze Baum
Publication Date: May 18, 2025 - 20:21
B.C. does not know how many people are on extended leave from involuntary hospital stays
May 18, 2025
The B.C. government does not know how many people are under involuntary mental-health supervision outside hospital settings at any given time, the province’s Ministry of Health acknowledges. That lack of tracking makes it impossible to know whether the teams responsible for caring for such people are properly resourced in a province with one of the worst ratios of mental health care professionals to patients in the country, critics say.
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Ottawa has extended a pilot program that matches skilled refugees with job vacancies in Canada on the day it was due to lapse, after an outcry from employers, including universities, about its imminent expiry. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada has extended its Economic Mobility Pathways Pilot, which was founded in 2018 as a route to permanent residence, until the end of the year, saying it is helping employers in critical sectors meet labour market shortages.
June 12, 2025 - 19:33 | Marie Woolf | The Globe and Mail
Two years ago, more than 120,000 federal public servants went on strike after negotiations broke down.Now, the union representing those workers is going back to the bargaining table with the government with the goal of securing greater job security and remote work options for its members.
June 12, 2025 - 19:31 | Catherine Morrison | The Globe and Mail
A rebate program is not part of a new proposed plan from the City of Calgary to improve hail resiliency after years of devastating hailstorms.
June 12, 2025 - 19:26 | Adam MacVicar | Global News - Canada
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