Ottawa’s only live-in hospice may have to shut down its palliative care program if the Ontario government maintains its decision to cut a $535,000 grant it gave the hospice in 2001.
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Doctor shortage dreadful, says pediatrician
Centretown pediatricians say they aren’t accepting new patients and warn the situation will get worse before it gets better.
Letters for November 26, 2004
Transit cuts shortsighted
A tale of two cities; Toronto gets $1 billion for its transit system, Ottawa cuts $8.1 million from OC Transpo.
At the funding announcement for the TCC, Prime Minister Paul Martin said the transit system “keeps the heart of Toronto’s economic, cultural and social life alive and thriving.”
SOAPBOX by Gordie Wornoff—Better safe than free: Ontario’s fear fuels new legislation
Lucky for Ontarians, some new changes to the Emergency Management Act may show us some martial law first-hand. Just imagine: once locked inside their homes after an imposed curfew, children will be able to watch tanks and armoured trucks roll by, looking for hidden bearded enemies or natural disasters that lurk somewhere in the darkest of shadows.