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 shouldContinue Reading
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 andContinue Reading
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 andContinue Reading
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 isContinue Reading
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 kudosContinue Reading
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.Continue Reading
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 startedContinue Reading
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 aContinue Reading
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 jamaisContinue Reading
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 NetworkContinue Reading
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 willContinue Reading
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 CornwallContinue Reading
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’sContinue Reading
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.Continue Reading
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. . TheContinue Reading
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 healthcareContinue Reading
Toronto ON – Ontario Auditor General Jim McCarter is releasing his report on use of consultants by the Ontario Ministry of Health, LHINs and hospitals. The Ontario Health Coalition responded with its own findings on overuse, exorbitant costs and redundancy in the use of consultants by the LHINs and theContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – The manipulation used to market the H1N1 vaccine around the world last year left global taxpayers holding the bag on billions of dollars paid to Big Pharma, to fight a ‘pandemic’ that never materialized. It seems though that the rules of the game have changed, as theContinue Reading