LTC homes urged to make space as hospitals brace for flood of COVID-19 patients
Long-term care facilities in Ottawa and across Ontario are being urged to free up more space to help the province s hospitals handle the building surge of COVID-19 patients.
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Ontario has extended the province s stay-at-home order for an additional two weeks in order to get the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic under control.
Starting Monday, checkpoints will be set up at Ontario s provincial borders with Quebec and Manitoba. Capacity will be further limited at religious gatherings, non-essential construction will be shut down and outdoor amenities including playgrounds and golf courses will be restricted.
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Ottawa hospitals look to home care, retirement homes for some patients as COVID-19 cases rise
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1:00Julie Budd, manager of discharge planning at the Montfort Hospital, says it’s important for patients who don’t need acute care to be transferred out of the hospital if they can receive care elsewhere, especially now that COVID-19 cases are rising again.1:00
Mother-of-two drove straight for another woman after a verbal altercation by the roadside.
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Subscriber only A north Brisbane woman has been placed on probation and disqualified from driving after she deliberately struck down another woman with her Holden Commodore. Belinda Julie Budd, 47, pleaded guilty at the Sandgate Magistrates Court on Wednesday to one count of dangerous operation of a vehicle. The court heard Belinda Julie Budd drove deliberately towards the other woman and hit her with her vehicle, but did not intend to hurt her. The court heard Budd, an unemployed mother-of-two from Northgate, drove up alongside the other woman when she spotted her riding her bike on Beckman St in Zillmere at around 2pm on May 10, 2020.
13-year-old’s Christmas song raises money for Bognor charity
A Felpham student has released a second Christmas single to raise money for a Bognor Regis domestic abuse charity.
Monday, 21st December 2020, 1:23 pm
Barty Hawkins recorded his version of ancient Christmas carol O Come, O Come, Emmanuel last year and raised over £1,100 for My Sisters’ House.
This year the 13-year-old has done a modern twist on Silent Night/Hallelujah and is hoping to raise £2,000 for the charity.
Barty, a year-nine student at Felpham Community College (FCC), said: “I literally sang before I could talk! I used to sing my reading books instead of just reading them, I think because it made it more enjoyable and fun!