Health Minister Tyler Shandro to provide more details later on Monday. Premier Jason Kenney and Health Minister Tyler Shandro share an update on Alberta’s vaccination distribution plans. Alberta’s plans to offer COVID-19 vaccinations to about 15,000 workers at meat-packing plants across the province will start this week, provincial Health Minister Tyler Shandro said Monday. The Alberta […]
Human rights tribunal puts anti-maskers on notice, saying complaints require proof of disability
The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal has made it clear that anyone thinking of filing a complaint because they were told to wear a mask in a store will actually have to prove they have a disability that prevents them from doing so. In a screening decision handed down Wednesday, tribunal member Steven Adamson wrote that “a […]
Ontario to (finally) pull the plug on fax machines in public service
Seen as obsolete by many, faxes remain stubbornly common, especially in health care Thomas Daigle · CBC News · Posted: Mar 19, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: March 21 Ontario intends to phase out telephone line fax machines from the public service by the end of 2021. (junpiiiiiiiiiii/Shutterstock ) For the generation comfortable […]
COVID-19 has made education more accessible for university students with mobility disabilities
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, it was a struggle for Alicia-Ann Pauld, who has muscular dystrophy, to get to Concordia University’s campus in downtown Montreal, especially during the winter. “If I fall, I can very seriously injure myself and I can’t get back [up] on my own,” said Pauld. “I’ve been in situations in the past […]
Case Management Canada Announces a Strategic Partnership With Pure Lifestyle:
We are pleased to advise our clients that we have entered into what we feel will be a mutually beneficial arrangement with Pure Lifestyle. Pure Lifestyle will be our preferred provider for Manitoba-based medical consults and provision of occupational health-related services. We regularly get requests from our employer clients to assist them in finding a […]
Some with disabilities worry they’ll die if they get COVID, say slow vaccine rollout puts them at risk
Many have same risk of mortality as elderly in long-term care, but won’t be vaccinated until spring or summer CBC Radio · Posted: Feb 06, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: February 6 Jeff Preston, as assistant professor of disability studies at Western University’s King’s College in London, Ont., has a rare form of […]
New private lab offers rapid COVID-19 tests for $450
By: CBC NewsPosted: 12:57 PM CST Saturday, Jan. 30, 2021 A new private lab in Winnipeg is offering rapid PCR COVID-19 testing to asymptomatic individuals for $450. BioScision Diagnostics and Pure Lifestyle have partnered to set up a testing clinic in the West Fort Garry Industrial area, promising clients test results delivered by a doctor in […]
Air Canada flight attendant wins fight over COVID-19 workers’ compensation
B.C. alone in introducing presumptive coverage that adds COVID-19 to its list of occupational illnesses Jason Proctor · CBC News · Posted: Jan 30, 2021 1:00 AM PT | Last Updated: January 30 An Air Canada check-in area is shown at Montreal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport on May 16, 2020. ( Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press) A […]
The list of fireable offences has grown thanks to COVID-19
One year ago, hosting a pizza party with co-workers or showing up to work with stomach bug symptoms were unthinkable in terms of fireable offences. But legal suits based on such incidents are now before the courts as COVID-19 upends the way managers enforce health mandates and discipline employees. Like politicians and other high profile […]
Pandemic leaves chronically ill without critical access to washrooms
Some patients want B.C.’s government to order businesses to keep their washrooms open Zahra Premji · CBC News · Posted: Dec 28, 2020 4:00 AM PT | Last Updated: December 29, 2020 Remo Testini says he has to use GPS to find washroom locations on his route before he leaves home each day because he […]
