University Avenue—a major hospital thoroughfare—was empty with the exception of staggered police cars and diagonal buses to prevent large trucks from getting through, with just enough space for an ambulance to slowly squeeze by.
Paul Champ, a lawyer representing central Ottawa residents in a proposed multimillion-dollar class-action lawsuit, had argued the loud and prolonged honking is causing irreparable harm.
The Canadian Mental Health Association poll indicates 24% of respondents have sought help for mental health challenges, compared to 17% last winter and 9% almost two years ago.
A scan of decisions issued in recent weeks shows arbitrators are largely erring on the side of caution and minimizing health risks to employees and the public, experts say.
Dr. Kieran Moore, Ontario's chief medical officer of health, is now using the phrase, as are Toronto's top doctor, Ontario's health minister and Premier Doug Ford.
