Unpublished Newswire
The number of Lyme Disease cases in Ontario is higher than normal this time of year. This grim reality is largely due to a higher number of tick sightings across the province. In the first 5 months of 2024, over 1,100 blacklegged ticks have been identified, with over 600 of them being discovered on human skin. For reference, heading into June of 2019, just over 120 sightings had been reported by eTick. And to make matters worse, this breed is also the most likely to transmit Lyme Disease. Kristy Cameron chats with Justin Wood, the creator of Canada’s first private lab that tests ticks...
May 29, 2024 - 18:00 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
Dr. Feras Al Ghazawi is a dermatologist, working at The Ottawa Hospital and Panorama Dermatology Clinic, Vital Medical Clinic. He joins Kristy Cameron to unpack the anti-sunscreen trend taking TikTok by storm and go through the potential risks of opting to go uncovered.
May 29, 2024 - 14:19 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
Last Friday, Ontario Premier Doug Ford made a province-wide announcement. Effective this September, you will be able to purchase beer and wine at your local cornerstores. The future of The Beer Store, meantime, is a lot more clouded. It appears that Ontario is going to buy its way out of the current deal, forking over $225 million in order to do so. Are we seeing The Beer Store’s final days? Kristy Cameron digs deeper with Stephen Beaumont, a beer author and consultant, in Hour 4. Plus, we deliver the latest breaking news, right here on CFRA’s Ottawa Now.
May 28, 2024 - 18:03 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
The province has decided to scrap a plan from Ottawa Paramedics, which would allow taxi fleets to help in non-urgent EMS situations. Kevin Skerrett, a spokesperson with the Ottawa Health Coalition, believes that Ontario’s decision to axe the proposal was a good one. He wants to address the root issues of today’s medical problems in hospitals, and this solution wouldn’t do that. Where do you stand on the Ministry of Health’s ruling? Kristy Cameron tackles today’s Question of the Day. Meantime, have you ever flown on a plane before? Was it a good experience? And if it wasn’t, would you...
May 28, 2024 - 18:02 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
A new report suggests that an increasing number of Canadians are seeing their credit card balances balloon. Our country’s cost-of-living crisis is actively eating into household budgets, and higher interest rates certainly haven’t made things any better. Kristy Cameron digs deeper with Matt Fabian, who is Trans Union’s Director of Research and Consulting. Meantime, experts have identified a magic number of daily screentime that is triggering the worst-possible effects on today’s kids. Joining us in Hour 2 to explain further is Dr. Victoria Talwar, a member of McGill University’s...
May 28, 2024 - 18:01 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
If approved by the province, a unique pilot project would have granted Ottawa Paramedics permission to utilize taxi fleets more frequently. It’s all part on an ongoing effort to transport non-urgent patients to hospitals with greater efficiency, while also avoiding Level Zero scenarios in the National Capital Region. We need our ambulances ready to go when the most severe calls for help ring out, and that hasn’t always been the case since COVID hit, with some of them waiting hours at Ottawa-based ER’s to offload patients. Originally supposed to start last November, this proposal has now...
May 28, 2024 - 18:00 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
