In a statement of defence filed in the ongoing $3.2-million lawsuit brought by Hamilton-area physician Dr. Brenda Steinnagel, the WSIB says no one at the agency “directed, counseled or otherwise indicated” to Steinnagel’s former employer, Vaughan-based Workplace Health and Cost Solutions, that Steinnagel should be fired.
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Cyclists should have insurance, licence plates
Almost everyone is aware that the automobile is being phased out in its current mode and that is good. Electric cars and other transportation solutions are welcome and will come sooner rather than later.
http://www.timescolonist.com/o
Mediation Works: Should Mandatory Mediation Be Expanded?
The Canadian Research Institute for Law and the Family had the opportunity to survey the participants of the 2014 National Family Law Program in Whistler, BC, a popular and well-attended legal education program that attracts hundreds of judges and lawyers from across the country. Among other things, we asked lawyers how their files typically resolved and the results were astonishing.
http://www.slaw.ca/2016/08/26/
Time to bolster Canada’s chronically underfunded mental health system: advocates
HALIFAX — Canada trails the pack when it comes to mental health funding levels among comparable industrially developed nations – but advocates say a promise from the federal government to improve services means the time is ripe to push for change.
Canadians with disabilities need real work, real pay, real leadership
More than 400,000 working-age adults with physical or mental disabilities are currently unemployed in Canada, despite being willing and able to participate in the labour force.
Scientists discover what could be a ‘perfect’ painkiller without side effects
Scientists believe they may have found a new form of painkiller that works just as well as morphine but lacks its potentially lethal side effect and is not addictive.
Secretive drug policies putting injured workers at risk, critics say
It’s the body tasked with recommending which drug treatments are covered for tens of thousands of injured workers across the province. But no minutes are taken at its meetings, its members are a secret, possible conflicts of interest are not publicly reported and the full list of drugs subsidized by Ontario’s worker compensation board is unknown.
ACORN calling for change in welfare, disability program
Michaela Fitzpatrick, an ACORN member from Orléans, said for the first issue they want to the government to raise the amount of earnings that can be accumulated on ODSP and OW before clawback.
Neuroscience Of Mindfulness: How To Make Your Mind Happy
Everybody is talking about mindfulness… but nobody seems to be able to explain clearly what the heck it really is. Ask people and you’ll hear, “Umm, be in the moment and SOMETHING SOMETHING SOMETHING, uh, meditation.”
A clear need to clean up fundraising
What do U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne have in common? Well, they’re both smart, trailblazing in their own right and somewhat cunning female political leaders.