Last week we wrote about a possible Scarborough-Rouge Valley hospital merger that threatens an innovative local food program. We tweeted our story to Toronto chef Joshna Maharaj , a rising…
It is somewhat astonishing to see PC Randy Hillier vote against a Tory private member’s bill that would free construction giant EllisDon from a 55-year-old obligation to hire only unionized…
At a time when the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) is advocating an end to “defined benefit” (DB) pensions, the latest retirement index suggests that the alternate “defined contribution”…
In the dead of summer the province gave notice that it intends to bring the independent health facilities (IHFs) under the Local Health Integration Networks. The change in regulation states…
The Scarborough Hospital has been an innovator in food services at its main campus. Last year it garnered considerable media attention by bringing in a consulting chef to work with…
Following Monday’s demonstration outside the former Kingston psychiatric hospital, Providence Care is now telling staff that the job cuts and bed closures taking place are not about funding? Really? Even…
Public services are lost one at a time, often incrementally. Take the Shelburne Hospital. Once a partner site of Headwaters Health Care, services were removed from the community one-by-one until…
KINGSTON – Tracey Newton has worked at the old Kingston Psychiatric Hospital for 25 years. In that time she has seen many changes, including the tightening of access to the…
On Monday we will be in Kingston for the third time this year to talk about issues at Providence Care – Mental Health. Last February we stood with staff and…
This week’s editorial in the Canadian Medical Association Journal may have raised the eyebrows of some hospital CEOs. John Fletcher raises a question we asked more than year ago –…
It is very unlikely that Deb Matthews personally wrote the letter sent to a member of the Quinte Labour Council about local hospital funding. She did sign it, which suggests…
Many of you have told us how much you like our BLOG. Some of you must be telling others because our readership is growing by about 50 per cent per…
After a lengthy period where hospitals appeared to be more interested in regional cooperation than formal mergers, the trend appears to be shifting again. The financially stressed Scarborough Hospital has…
This winter we noted the constantly shifting terminology around cuts to clinical services at The Ottawa Hospital. At first the public was told by the Health Minister and Premier that…
Ontario’s public hospitals are private not-for-profit corporations. Most are built and operated with public money and sign accountability agreements with the provincially appointed Local Health Integration Networks. At any time…
“In 1970, Dirk sued Stig, Nasty, and Barry; Barry sued Dirk, Nasty, and Stig; Nasty sued Barry, Dirk, and Stig; and Stig sued himself accidentally. It was the beginning of…
The message was sent out at 4:06 pm on a Friday to staff at Canadian Blood Services. Described as a “developing situation,” Chief Operating Officer Ian Mumford told workers that…
Kudos to Camille Quenneville, CEO of the Canadian Mental Health Association, for pointing out governments looking to contain costs and provide better service should address mental health issues within their…
As Kingston’s Providence Care prepares to shed nearly a fifth of its workforce and close beds at the former Kingston Psychiatric Hospital, there have been a number of media stories…
It came as no surprise that the private designated OHIP physiotherapy clinics failed in their legal bid to use a judicial review to slow down plans to transfer their publicly…
