A major event occurred last summer in Sudbury. For the first time in Ontario a clinic to provide medical care was organized and is led by “Registered Nurses in the Extended Class” or commonly now known as Nurse Practitioners (NPs). Doctors are consulted as required, and in the clinic in Sudbury are present 14-15 hours Continue Reading
The players in the health care system are the politicians, the public, the health care professions, and the companies that provide the ancillary services that allow the system to operate. The PoliticiansThe politicians are interested first and foremost in getting re-elected They start every project with the best of intentions but after they have consulted Continue Reading
All sport fans crave a winner. If they are New York Yankee baseball fans they expect a world series spot nearly every year. Canadian tennis fans are more patient, much more patient, but I think their patience is coming to a justifiable end. I have been playing and watching tennis for over 50 years and Continue Reading
So! A spry eighty-year-old, still driving her car, checks out the parking spaces near her local post office and finds none available, at least not within reasonable walking distance. She pulls into a space just next to the legal parking area and walks into the post office to mail a registered letter. Three minutes later Continue Reading
There is a hidden continuing battle in the Canadian pharmaceutical industry. It pits Canada’s Research-Based Pharmaceutical Companies (mostly international and trade-name companies) against the Canadian Generic Pharmaceutical Association (CGPA). The CGPA are companies that produce pharmaceuticals after the patent has expired. The battle also involves the Food and Drug Directorate, whose mandate is to supervise Continue Reading
By no stretch of the imagination can Canada be considered a power-house in tennis. If you overlook men`s doubles, and unfortunately the world does, Canada ranks very low. However, in the past, it is in women`s tennis that we have made a mark and produced world caliber players who, in their time, were in serious Continue Reading