TORONTO Canada needs a better system to track mortality data across the country, a long-standing problem that has been highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic, says Dr. Jane Philpott, dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences and director of Queen’s University’s School of Medicine. “This is not a new problem. This is something that has been long-standing in that we still don’t have a great process in most parts of the country in order to have timely and accurate mortality data,” Philpott, who was also the minister of health between 2015 and 2017, told CTV News Channel Friday. While every death is reported, and certificates are issued by a medical professional, a lot of the record keeping is still not done electronically in many parts of Canada, she explained.
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As the embers of this December begin to put their ghosts upon the floor, I must admit I have been thinking a lot on the past and future.
I’ve mused on second chances before and big ideas but maybe now with changes coming to my life you will soon hear about I have become even more reflective. This trip around the sun has been painful for all of us and with each new year there is always the promise of hope.
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As at least one provincial leader weighs the tough question of whether to order more lockdowns over the holidays to cope with a swelling second wave of the pandemic, one business organization is warning that the stress could be pushing many business owners beyond the brink.
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Michael Todd Mazar, 48, of Calgary was facing several charges in connection with the luring and sexual assault of two teen girls in two separate cases.(Canadian Investor Relations Institute website)
A Calgary man charged twice in recent weeks with sex offences involving two underage girls has died by suicide, CBC News has learned.
Last Tuesday, Michael Todd Mazar, 48, was charged with a second set of offences.
He died on Friday.
Police wouldn t confirm the manner of death but did say foul play was not suspected.
In November, Mazar was charged alongside a 19-year-old woman who faces sex trafficking offences. The charges included sexual assault, sexual interference, luring and obtaining sexual services for consideration.
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