OTTAWA It’s the first weekend of Step 3 of the economic reopening in the province and as reopening rolls on Ottawa businesses are taking advantage of the new found freedoms. For the first time in three months, people can dine indoors at bars and restaurants this weekend, head to a gym or gather in larger groups. For many this is the biggest step toward normalcy since the start of the pandemic. The first table we welcomed in it was very surreal, said Sarah Chown, managing partner of the Metropolitan Brasserie and Ottawa Chair of the Ontario Restaurant Hotel and Motel Association.
Author of the article: Lynn Saxberg
Publishing date: May 20, 2021 • 10 hours ago • 3 minute read • L to R: Catherine Lindquist, PAL, Catherine McKenney, OCH Chief Development Officer Cliff Youdale, and Peter Haworth, Ottawa Chair of PAL. An agreement has been reached to provide a block of affordable housing units for aging arts workers in a proposed new development at Gladstone & Booth. Photo by Jean Levac /Postmedia
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A charitable organization that supports aging arts workers has reached a deal with Ottawa Community Housing that will see 80 units of a future development reserved for senior artists and others who toil in the cultural sector.
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The Federal Government Needs To Play a Stronger Leadership Role in Health Data Infrastructure
We lack data on the most basic components of our health workforce.
By Ivy Lynn Bourgeault and Linda Silas
Canada’s health workers have been here for all of us throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. It is time for us to be there for them.
That’s why over 200 associations, healthcare unions, networks, educators and researchers are calling on the federal government to play a stronger leadership role by making significant investments in the data infrastructure to better plan for and support the health workforce.