A new clinic in Montreal’s east end celebrated its inauguration on Thursday. It’s staffed entirely by nurse practitioners clocking in on voluntary overtime with hopes the centre will relieve stress on the system. When it’s fully up and running, the clinic should help to relieve pressures on nearby emergency rooms at the Santa Cabrini and Masionneuve-Rosemont hospitals. On Thursday, both had occupancy rates at around 150 per cent.
From the time he began making inroads in Hollywood with the surprise 1994 hit
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, actor and stand-up comic Jim Carrey has become the industry’s most impressive special effect. A comedic contortionist, Carrey has balanced massive audience-pleasing hits like 1994’s
The Mask with serious dramatic turns in films like 2004’s
Kidding, satiated fans with a return to form in 2020’s
Sonic the Hedgehog, and currently shares a lot of his paintings on Twitter.
For more on Carrey, including his somewhat violent days as a stand-up and why Tommy Lee Jones appeared to dislike him immensely, keep reading.