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FAIR – supporting auto accident victims through advocacy and education
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Every day throughout the province, hundreds of people have hearings for disability benefits. There are a number of different types, along with many different kinds of hearings. Regardless of the benefit and hearing, you should do everything in your power to attend. Your testimony is important evidence that an adjudicator can use to grant you the benefit for which you applied.
https://nowtoronto.com/news/
On March 21, 2010, the plaintiff, John Chernet accidentally crashed his vehicle into the rear-end of a car driven by the defendant, Galites Gounell Zamora. Typically, in a rear-end vehicle collision, the driver who rear-ended another vehicle is held responsible for the accident and liable for any resulting injuries. However, in this case, the rear driver (Mr. Chernet) sued Mrs. Zamora, along with her husband who was the owner of the car and a passenger at the time of the accident.
According to statistics from the Toronto police, 542 pedestrians and 541 bikers have been hit by cars since June 1. The 1,083 collisions works out to 9.5 crashes every day, or one every 2.5 hours, and represents an increase over last year, when there were 999 cyclist and pedestrian collisions over the same period.
Canadian auto insurance companies are pressing the federal government to make distracted driving a priority and take a tougher stance against motorists. However, there is a conflict of intentions between companies and government as lawmakers have said that stricter driving laws are not currently among the list of top priorities.
Is there any role for increased private health care in Canada?
In Vancouver, Dr. Brian Day, an orthopedic surgeon and former president of the Canadian Medical Association, has launched his long-awaited court challenge of the Canada Health Act.
http://www.torontosun.com/
Chronic pain and loss of bladder control are among the most devastating consequences of spinal cord injury, rated by many patients as a higher priority for treatment than paralysis or numbness. Now a UC San Francisco team has transplanted immature human neurons into mice with spinal cord injuries, and shown that the cells successfully wire up with the damaged spinal cord to improve bladder control and reduce pain. This is a key step towards developing cell therapies for spinal cord injury in humans, say the researchers, who are currently working to develop the technique for future clinical trials.
http://medicalxpress.com/news/
A breakthrough in understanding how brain damage spreads – and how it could potentially be limited – has been made through a collaboration between neuroscientists and engineers at the Universities of Dundee and Strathclyde.
http://neurosciencenews.com/
Bill 6 is a private member’s bill with the goal of establishing social assistance rates that fit with the cost of living in different Ontario communities. People who depend on Ontario Works or the Ontario Disability Support Program have been losing their buying power since 1995, when the Ontario government cut payments by 21.6 per cent for all recipients.
http://www.thespec.com/
It may not surprise anyone to learn that the root cause of poverty is a lack of income. However, there is a movement that has been gaining steam in Canada that could help change this.
http://www.cambridgetimes.ca/