SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Dr. Anna Nguyen spoke with none of the five patients she treated on a recent weekday morning. READ MORE
Patients only: Saskatchewan residents get online access to medical records
REGINA – The Saskatchewan government has introduced an online portal to allow residents to look at lab test results and other health records without having to go to a doctor. READ MORE
Labour ministry inspectors to conduct safety blitz to prevent common injuries
TORONTO – Inspectors from the Ontario Ministry of Labour will hold a “workplace safety blitz” in the coming months in an effort to prevent the most common on-the-job injuries. Labour Minister Monte McNaughton says the three-month project — running from Tuesday until Dec. 27 — will see inspectors focus on musculoskeletal injury and respiratory illness […]
Construction worker’s injury inspires renewed calls for motorist safety around roadwork
The family of a construction flagger who died nearly a decade ago after being struck by a vehicle is urging motorists to stay alert, after a similar incident sent a man to hospital Friday. A construction worker on the job as a flagman at a roundabout near Sturgeon Road and Murray Park Road was initially […]
Disabled people are experts in adaptation. They should make the rules, not schools
I have the same disability as Alexis Rosseel, a seven-year-old girl who was “unregistered” from her dance class in Edmonton because she’s disabled. The school is working on a draft policy to accommodate students with disabilities in accordance with its insurance requirements, but in the interim, Alexis can’t dance with the other kids. According to […]
Disabled passengers say new rules present some greater barriers to air travel
MONTREAL – Tracy Odell recalls with a mix of pride and pain the sunny spring day two years ago that her daughter got married in California. Pride in the milestone. Pain at having to miss it. Airlines, she said, effectively failed to accommodate her disability, a problem that thousands of Canadians continue to face despite […]
Winnipeg insurance firm now covers video doctor visits
A Winnipeg insurance provider appears to be the first in Canada to let its clients claim virtual doctor appointments, getting prescriptions and other primary care without the patients leaving their homes or offices. Johnston Group is partnering with Teladoc Health, an international company that offers phone or video consultation with a doctor, to offer virtual […]
Disability advocacy organization in limbo amid funding uncertainty
The Manitoba League of Persons with Disabilities says it may be forced to close after repeated attempts to ask the province to restore its core funding, which was cut in December 2017, have been unsuccessful. “We’ve done everything we can do, except close the doors, to get by,” said treasurer Fred Dugdale. “You just […]
Ontario man says life insurance application denied due to anxiety disorder
A man in Elmira, Ont., says Sun Life Financial denied his application for life insurance because he has generalized anxiety disorder, and he’s worried the practice could discourage others from seeking help for mental illness. Robert Pugh, 32, and his wife, Amber, have a toddler and another child on the way. In the spring, the couple decided each would purchase […]
How actors with disabilities are changing the narrative in Hollywood
When Ryan O’Connell created his Netflix series Special, he knew it was good. But he didn’t imagine the comedy would earn four Emmy nominations, including best comedy, in its first season. “I always believed in the show,” said O’Connell. “But having that validated is sort of incredible.” Special is about a millennial gay man living with cerebral palsy while trying to make it as a […]