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Lumbar Spine Injuries
Spinal injuries can arise out of a variety of traumatic events, but automobile accidents are a leading cause. The reason that injuries to the neck, back and spine are common in car accidents is that the impact during an accident strains the muscles and ligaments in the back, and the facet joints sustain the brunt of the force. Whiplash, compression fractures, disc herniation and lumbar spinal injury can result from this action, and can occur even in low-speed collisions, such as fender-benders.
https://www.ilolaw.ca/blogpost
Pro Bono Ontario offers free legal advice over phone
After being in a soft-launch mode for 10 weeks, Pro Bono Ontario has officially launched its Free Legal Advice Hotline.
Designed to assist lower and middle-income Ontario residents quickly resolve common legal problems, including employment, housing, consumer protection, debt and estate issues, Lynn Burns, executive director of Pro Bono Ontario, said providing the service is one way to improve access to justice.
New Report Reveals Almost 500,000 Ontarians Needed a Food Bank Last Year Due to Rising Cost of Housing and Insufficient Social Assistance Rates
TORONTO, Nov. 27, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Ontario Association of Food Banks (OAFB) released its 2017 Hunger Report today which reveals that 499,415 individuals – one third of them children – turned to a food bank last year alone. The report also found that over 90 per cent of food bank clients are rental or social housing tenants who are spending more than 70 per cent of their income on housing. The 2017 Hunger Report highlights the federal government’s recently announced housing strategy and how the OAFB hopes it will affect those accessing food banks over the next ten years.
A Neuroscientist’s Diary of a Concussion
One evening in April, driving home from a university function, I was stopped in freeway traffic caused by roadworks somewhere up ahead when I felt a massive jolt. The back of my head hit the headrest, then my head lurched forward and I felt something hit the inside of my forehead with a squishy blow. Then my head snapped back and slammed into the headrest a second time. I didn’t feel any pain at first, just a stunned sense of disruption.
https://www.newyorker.com/cult
AllState study: collisions rise again in Canada with Halfiax the worst
The ninth annual Allstate Insurance Co. of Canada Safe Driving Study has been published and it finds collisions in the country continue to rise year-on-year. Compared to last year, the number of accidents on Canadian roads increased by 2.5%.
Car crash transformed her … into a passionate artist
KITCHENER — In 2002, Desiree Lichty was in her final year of nursing school and her job placements in Toronto hospitals, particularly Sick Kids, had reinforced the perception that she was on the right track.
Then everything changed.
Automatic Vicarious Liability of Owner Only Applies to Accidents on Highways
One of the first lessons that any student of personal injury law learns is that an owner of a motor vehicle is vicariously liable for the negligence of the vehicle’s operator. This vicarious liability is imposed by s. 192(2) of the Highway Traffic Act, which states:
https://www.lexology.com/libra
Canada needs affordable alternatives to opioids, health groups urge
CALGARY—An interim report released at a pain management conference suggests the best way to cut down on opioid addiction is to not prescribe the drugs in the first place.
Michael Heitshu, chairman of the Coalition for Safe and Effective Pain Management, says a lack of affordable alternatives for pain relief in Canada is partly behind an over-reliance on opioids and rising addiction rates.
Plight of young caregivers examined at forum organized by The Change Foundation
A 21-year-old woman from Vermilion Bay, Ont., says the challenges of providing care to another family member seem to go un-noticed in northern Ontario.
Alissa Van Wynen is speaking out about the needs of young caregivers, as part of the Young Carers Forum, organized this week by The Change Foundation.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/