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Ontario’s regulator of medical doctors has, for the second time, cleared a former high-profile emergency room physician for alleged gender discrimination and improper billing. The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario was forced to conduct the probe after a panel of judges deemed its first investigation inadequate.In its most recent decision, the college said that, although it is concerned about a pattern of Dr. Marko Duic hiring almost exclusively male doctors in emergency rooms where he had served as chief, the regulator cannot conclude he intentionally engaged in gender...
August 26, 2024 - 06:00 | Wendy Glauser | The Globe and Mail
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August 26, 2024 - 06:00 | Dave McGinn | The Globe and Mail
“People are not going to die,” Ontario Health Minister Sylvia Jones said last week as she announced the end of supervised drug consumption and treatment services (CTS) at most sites in Ontario that now provide them, including the Somerset West Community Health Centre. Read More
August 26, 2024 - 05:00 | Bruce Deachman | Ottawa Citizen
McGill law professors, who have been trying to negotiate their first collective agreement with the university for almost two years, are set to go on strike again Monday ahead of the start of the academic year.The union, the Association of McGill Professors of Law (AMPL), which was certified in November, 2022, held a two-month strike this spring. The professors are seeking better pay and more involvement in the faculty’s governance.
August 26, 2024 - 05:00 | Frédérik-Xavier D. Plante | The Globe and Mail
Robin Moore was extensively searching for months to find any information about her great-great grandfather, James Hisson, who was an African American settler to Canada in the 19th century, for a family tree she's building. In June, Moore took a trip from Chicago to the Ingersoll Rural Cemetery and found that Hisson was buried at an unmarked grave site at the back of the cemetery.
August 26, 2024 - 05:00 | | CBC News - Canada
Two midwives are set to begin practising alongside family doctors at a clinic in Inverness, N.S., starting this fall as part of a unique pilot project meant to improve access to primary health care.
August 26, 2024 - 05:00 | | CBC News - Canada
