Canada’s aging population is especially vulnerable to the health impacts of missing meals. Some institutions are adapting to do a better job of preventing that
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While the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic has put a crunch on hospitals in the Greater Toronto Area, Oxford County hospitals have stepped up to receive out-of-area patient transfers.
But even with those transfers, hospitals aren’t overwhelmed, health-care officials say.
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The Woodstock Hospital has received nine patient transfers from Trillium Health in Mississauga, Woodstock Hospital president and CEO Perry Lang said. Some have been COVID-19 positive, others not – the determination of which patients to move and where is handled by Ontario Health.
Ontario s finance minister resigns after returning from Caribbean vacation
Ontario Finance Minister Rod Phillips has resigned after returning from a controversial Caribbean vacation while the province is under strict lockdown measures that discourage non-essential travel, Premier Doug Ford announced Thursday.
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Ontario’s finance minister resigns after Caribbean vacation
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Rod Phillips resigned as Ontario’s finance minister after the controversy over his Christmas vacation to St. Barts, despite the government urging people to stay at home. Meanwhile, Alberta’s minister of municipal affairs travelled to Hawaii.1:54
Mr. Phillips, a Progressive Conservative, apologized at Pearson airport upon his return Thursday, five days after his province was placed on strict lockdown.
“It was a significant error in judgment a dumb, dumb mistake, I apologize for it, I regret it,” he told CP24.
Other tweets that were sent by Mr. Phillips’ account during his vacation included pictures of him visiting with Canadian business owners and mental health leaders. One photo tweeted Dec. 17 showed him standing with a plate of pancakes and a bottle of Canadian maple syrup in front of what appeared to be his home.
Mr. Phillips said he didn’t mean to deceive people on his whereabouts and explained he created the tweeted content ahead of time.