Cultural Competence

Justice J. Sebastien Vaillancourt wrote that continued visitation was not in the interest of the 12-year-old child or the child's two younger half-siblings, given the state of the pandemic.

I start each of my visits, after I listen to their reason for coming, with THE QUESTION: “What’s your situation with coronavirus, are you a recovered patient or are you fully immunized?”

Kristen Nagle, Kristal Pitter and Sara Choujounian of Toronto had faced disciplinary action from the Ontario Nurses Association. Nagle was fired after she spoke at the January 6 rally in Washington, D.C.

Physicians across Canada are managing or planning for staff shortages as the omicron variant forces more to self-isolate.

Maternal trauma included severe perineal tears, impaired sexual health, urinary or fecal incontinence, and other pelvic disorders while severe neonatal trauma could include long-term nerve damage and brain injury.

Going forward, anyone who looks to subject someone to any form of conversion therapy, "consenting'' or not, will face up to five years in prison.

Crown prosecutor Jackie Lane says the doctor sexually assaulted the women during medical exams he did as a gastroenterologist.

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