Federal Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq recently had the opportunity to prevent the sale of potentially dangerous health products to unwitting consumers. Canadians should ask why she let it pass by. This June, the Harper government…
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Aimee Green of The Oregonian reports, An attorney for Aurora Hill filed suit in Multnomah County Circuit Court Wednesday afternoon — stirring memories of a controversial 1994 suit in which a jury awarded $2.86 million…
Democracy Now has an interview with Dr. Gabor Maté of Insite, AMY GOODMAN: The Obama administration’s budget proposal for the Office of National Drug Control Policy sets aside nearly twice the amount of funding for…
The InSite facility in Vancouver won its most recent hearing at the B.C. S.C. See more at Junkie Life
Nathalie Blanchard of Bromont, Quebec, has been on sick leave for a year and a half for long-term chronic depression. The 29-year-old woman had her benefits cut by IBM after she posted pictures on Facebook…
Guest Post by Krystalline Kraus | Reproduced from www.rabble.ca with permsision Next week, on November 11, veterans will get only two minutes of recognition — if people stop to reflect at all — while the…
Western Law hosted a forum on pension reform this past Thursday, featuring community leaders, legal academics, and practitioners. Pension Plan Basics Prof. Robert Brown of the University of Waterloo explained some of the basics behind…
Running a call-girl business is an inherently risky venture. The lines frequently blur, and participants end up in what the law would describe as prostitution. To sort out these complicated legal dilemmas operators frequently have…
Swine flu vaccine makers may get a special gift from the federal government: immunity from civil negligence suits. You may not have heard about it because other swine flu news recently got much more spotlight. First, Ottawa…
I have heard, seen and read the debate among pundits in regard to healthcare reform south of the border. Cutting through the misinformation, spin, rhetoric and outright bull, there is a somewhat trivial economic explanation…
For all we’ve heard about the ills of the Canadian healthcare system during the debate about reform in the U.S., it’s worth noting that we still have some of the best outcomes in the entire…
Don’t mess around with the insulation in your house. It may be Zonolite. It’s made from minerals naturally laced with asbestos, the deadliest type of asbestos known as Tremolite. It costs money to remove it….
