Unpublished Newswire

Turning our attention to alcohol consumption, and where we find our booze, a jaw-dropping 86 Beer Stores across the province have been shuttered by the Ford government since the Alcohol Expansion Plan took off. Thanks to these closures, people have had to turn to other avenues or places to drop off their empties. However, not everyone wants to take them. Joining us to elaborate on the burden this has caused for Canada’s grocery stores is Sebastian Prins. He is the Director of Ontario Government Relations at the Retail Council of Canada.

When it comes to wait times for first assessments, all five of Ottawa’s E.R. departments have exceeded the provincial average. Health Quality Ontario has provided the latest batch of data, which dates back to July of this year. Across our city, the average wait time for a first assessment by an E.R. doctor was 2 hours. The Queensway-Carleton Hospital owns the longest initial wait time locally, slightly decreasing from last year’s 3.9 hours to July’s 3.5 hours. At the Ottawa Hospital General Campus, it’s a wait of 3.3 hours. The Civic Campus ER, as well as CHEO and...