Cornwall ON – This weekend it’s time for Eco Farm Day, one of my favorite local events as it was one of the first we covered! Conference Chair this year is Mr. Tom Manley of Homestead Organics and Organics Central which is an exciting new development that Mr. Manley and his team have been working […]
Ottawa ON – February 23 is Anti Bullying Day. We had the following letter to the editor arrive and it also reminds me of a column that a friend of mine in Los Angeles wrote. This piece was also published in The Huffington Post. Here is the letter first from William Hennessy of Ottawa: […]
Cornwall ON – An article entitled “Paramedics set for vote on strike mandate” appearing in the February 16th, 2011 edition of the Standard Freeholder dealt with the potential ramifications should local paramedics (members of CUPE 5734) go out on strike. The article speculated about potential reductions in levels of service should a strike action occur. Levels […]
Cornwall ON – City police, OPP officers, EMS paramedics and Emergency Room nurses along with 30 other local professionals are taking part in award winning training today and tomorrow (February 1 & 2) at the Ramada Inn. The LEAD training, a recipient of the Excellence Award at the Champlain and Southeast Region Crisis Conference, is […]
Cornwall ON – That’s Tom Harrington, new host of CBC TV’s long time favorite show of mine, Marketplace. He will be popping onto Seawayradio.com Sunday night at 7:45 PM EST. You won’t want to miss it as we’ll ask him about being the new co-host with Erica Johnson and about the hot topic of […]
Cornwall ON – Ontarians who want to quit smoking can take advantage of the counseling support and nicotine replacement therapy (NRT), provided to them free of charge by the STOP program. The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) in partnership with the Ministry of Health Promotion and Sport is collaborating with the Eastern Ontario […]
Cornwall ON – Speaking of attack ads a group of US doctors created this ad to warn of the dangers of fast food. A certain chain was targeted which I’m hoping doesn’t mean we’ll never get an ad from them ever! Debate is good and I give this chain full kudos for attempting to have some […]
Cornwall ON – People talk about issues with generic drugs and preference to name brand drugs, but what happens when a drug company has repeated recalls? Johnson & Johnson, makers of brands such as Tylenol have been hit hard in 2010. The latest impacting their McNeil Consumer Healthcare products. LINK 1 “…is voluntarily recalling, […]
Ottawa ON – Today is January 14th, 2011. Another year has gone by & a new New Year’s resolution is made. I am now back to school for my last semester of in-class courses!!! It is most definitely the home-stretch as I am really anxious & excited to get started in the clinical setting; although, […]
Cornwall ON – $500,000 per year for a drug? For one patient? Does that make sense to anyone other than the drug company and their share holders? An Ontario man is fighting for his life. He has a rare blood condition that is fatal. Soliris is a US made drug that would […]
Cornwall ON – Le Bureau de santé de l’est de l’Ontario lance une campagne originale pour aider les fumeurs à arrêter de fumer À l’approche de la Semaine nationale des non-fumeurs, le Bureau de santé de l’est de l’Ontario (BSEO) lance une nouvelle campagne visant à offrir plus d’options que jamais aux gens qui veulent arrêter […]
Some of you may be asking why. The citizens of Waterloo started researching and investigating almost 3 years ago what fluoride was. . They found that there are over 2,000 health officials who are calling for an end to fluoridation worldwide and that list is growing. . The Fluoride Action Network is a growing amount of […]
Cornwall ON – Local Chiropractor, Dr. Thorin Gault wants to make sure your children don’t grow up with the same problems their parents suffer from. On Nov. 25th Gault Family Chiropractic will be hosting a Spinal Posture screening, free to all children under the age of 18. Dr. Gault will be joining a group of […]
Ottawa ON – There’s a meeting of the Ottawa Health Coalition Thursday November 25th at 6:30 PM at the Dovercourt Recreation Centre. We’re not posting this for our Ottawa and area viewers alone, but what a lot of people don’t know is that what goes on in Ottawa impacts Cornwall and the region directly as […]
Cornwall ON – So guys how are your Movember staches coming along? As you can see mine’s a bit scuffy and stubbly. More like a dead gopher on my upper lip or some cigar ashes if I smoked an awful lot of cigars in a row. How’s your’s doing? Send in your […]
Cornwall ON – Vanessa Carter is a Medical Student from Cornwall Ontario. She’s the first recepeient of a program from the City that awards medical students funding provided they return to Cornwall and practice medicine. She takes time from her studies occasionally to share her experiences with our viewers. Here is her latest […]
Cornwall ON – The Eastern Ontario Health Unit is pleased to announce that eight local businesses received the Workplace Health Gold Award on November 2, 2010. This year, a total of 14 workplaces within the five Eastern Counties were given awards in the Gold, Silver and Bronze levels. . The Eastern Ontario Health Unit’s Workplace […]
Cornwall ON – The Champlain Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) has appointed Alex Munter as the new Chief Executive Officer. He will take over from current CEO Dr. Robert Cushman on January 24, 2011. Although not a health professional like Dr. Cushman, Munter has an extensive background in providing healthcare services in Ottawa. During the […]