Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Kristy Kirkup
Publication Date: May 22, 2025 - 19:08
In Southwestern Ontario, hospitals prepare for prospect of ‘worst-case scenario’ while measles cases surge
May 22, 2025
Patients with measles symptoms are directed to the back of Windsor Regional Hospital‘s metropolitan campus, where they enter the building near the shipping and receiving dock and the morgue.Inside, strict protocols are meant to keep one of the world’s most contagious viruses from spreading: The hospital does not allow visitors under age 16; four pediatric airborne isolation rooms are set up; elevators are shut down for two hours after an infected patient uses them; and admissions are carefully timed to minimize exposures.
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Canada Post workers will be staying on the job, despite contract talks between the Crown corporation and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers falling short.In a statement Thursday night, CUPW said its members are being called on to refuse overtime work starting at midnight local time across the country. The news comes as the union was in a position to legally strike as of midnight.
May 23, 2025 - 00:21 | Meera Raman | The Globe and Mail
Thirteen months before the FIFA World Cup kicks off, the City of Toronto is still wondering how to pay for it.The cost of hosting six games in Toronto has been pegged at $380-million, with the federal government contributing $104-million and Ontario, including services, $97-million. Toronto’s tab is $178.7-million (47 per cent of the total cost).But a city staff report says the cost of providing services related to public transport, policing and hospitals, among others, has increased to almost $40-million in total – reducing the provincial cash contribution and adding to the city’s bill...
May 22, 2025 - 22:59 | | The Globe and Mail
The Ottawa Charge was 15.4 seconds from getting one hand on the Walter Cup. Read More
May 22, 2025 - 22:46 | Don Brennan | Ottawa Citizen
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