In what’s being touted as a first in class-action law, a judge decided there was no need for a trial to rule that a Toronto pain doctor’s negligence caused serious, debilitating infections in at least six of his patients.
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Ontario drivers in deadly collisions often punished with small fine
Erinn Davis and Alex Tushingham braced themselves to see the motorist who had killed their beloved dad Bruce, to tell her how a lapse behind the wheel was ravaging their family.
Paralyzed in crash, man wins damages from Hamilton over faded stop line at rural crossing
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Hoskins should go further on doctors and sexual abuse: Editorial
It beggars belief that doctors who cup, kiss, fondle and tweak a patient’s breasts and nipples can hang on to their medical licences. But this is still the case in Ontario in 2016.
Driving under the influence: what to expect from legal marijuana
In 2016, Canada relaxed its restrictions on marijuana. Dispensaries, which populate a dubious space of legality, began popping up all over Toronto and Vancouver, permitting countless people access to the drug.
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Giving Patients a Voice; Compensating Injured Workers? Wednesday 8pm and 11pm
The Agenda welcomes Christine Elliott, Ontario’s inaugural patient ombudsman, to explain how she’ll strengthen the voice of patients in the province’s health-care system. Then, the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board of Ontario, or WSIB, was established more than 100 years ago to administer benefits to injured workers in Ontario. The Agenda explores whether the organization is still living up to this task.
Injured workers want inquiry into WSIB
THUNDER BAY – Injured worker advocates across the province are calling on the Ontario government to launch an inquiry into the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board.
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ONIWG: Frustrated Injured Workers Take Their Message to the Steps of the WSIB
TORONTO, ON–(Marketwired – December 12, 2016) – It has been a tough year for injured workers. The austerity agenda that has seen WSIB spending on benefits reduced by millions has continued, and now workers are being told that the Board’s savings are being passed onto employers as an immediate 300+ million dollar cut to their rates.
Demonstrators urge province to take immediate action on basic income
Members of the Raise the Rates campaign held a straw poll. They asked people in the audience if they want the province to bring Ontario Works payments up to $1,320 a month and increase disability payments by $500, as recommended by former Conservative Senator Hugh Segal.
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Doctor accused of altering medical reports for insurance claims
After initially denying the claim – a decision based partly on Platnick’s report – TD then changed its mind following the neurologist’s account, and offered an “obscene amount of money to settle”, which her client accepted, Bent wrote.
“(TD’s lawyer) must have received instructions from the insurance company to shut (the case) down at all costs,” she said.