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Today, the 54-year-old Ottawa woman is one of millions of Canadians who suffer from long-term chronic pain, the result of injuries she sustained when her car was sideswiped while she was out doing errands. During years of coping with the resulting pain and trying to get effective treatment, her life began to unwind. She and her husband split up, she never had children, she can no longer work. At one point, she was hospitalized for depression and suicidal thoughts.
http://ottawacitizen.com/news/
OTTAWA — More Canadians are relying on food banks to feed themselves, a report released Tuesday suggests.
The report by Food Banks Canada says last March some 863,492 people turned to a food bank, a 1.3 per cent increase over March 2015 and a 28 per cent rise over 2008.
(PRLeap.com) November 12, 2016 – Ontario’s auto insurance reforms were introduced in the summer as a strategy to reduce premiums in the province, which is the most expansive insurance market in Canada. However, personal injury laywers are arguing that brokers could be subject to lawsuits because of the transfer of accident benefits dispute arbitration to the licence appeal tribunal (LAT). Shop Insurance Canada agrees, and adds it has previously warned that customers will lose out because of accident benefit reforms.
Is your insurance broker adequately inquiring about your insurance needs? With the substantial decline of available medical, rehabilitation and attendant care benefits from $2 million to $1 million for catastrophically injured individuals, this is a question that will be asked more often in the realm of motor vehicle insurance. The recent cutbacks to the accident benefits regime in Ontario are expected to have profound effects on those seriously injured in accidents.
The information and resources on practicePRO’s Limited Scope Representation page are intended to help you understand some of the risks inherent in providing limited scope legal services, and how you can reduce your exposure to a claim when working for a client on an unbundled basis.
http://www.slaw.ca/2016/11/14/
Mentally ill workers are being systematically denied benefits because of discriminatory and unconstitutional practices at the province’s Workplace Safety and Insurance Board, according to a new complaint sent to Ontario’s government watchdog.
The condition of myofascial pain syndrome is considered a chronic pain disorder. In this condition, pressure on trigger – or sensitive – points on your body result in pain in areas of your body that seem to be unrelated. This is known as referred pain.
http://www.chronicbodypain.net
Our current way of dealing with poverty is inefficient at best, with mountains of forms, paperwork, weighed down by bureaucracy and procedures. At worst, it’s stigmatising and judgemental, keeping people in poverty rather than giving them opportunities to break free and elevate themselves out of poverty. One possible solution is providing individuals with a Basic Income (click link for my previous post on the subject).
http://blogs.plos.org/publiche
Ontarians were hit hard with another cutback to mandatory auto accident benefits coverage on June 1, 2016. There were drastic reductions in the mandatory limits for medical treatment, rehabilitation costs and funds to provide care for those unable to care for themselves. These reductions have left car accident victims to suffer both physically and financially.
http://oatleyvigmond.com/auto-