The A-Z of alcoholism treatment programs

 Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a chronic, progressive, and life-threatening brain disorder that affects millions of people around the world. Most medical experts refer to it as a chronic disease that impairs an individual’s mental and physical health. People who battle this condition find it challenging to give up alcohol,

From the Rock to the Capital, Séan McCann’s Road to Recovery: Part 1

 Photos by Dave Howells / Artwork by Meaghan Smith Séan McCann stood facing the two men he’d spent 20 years of his life with. As musicians, they travelled miles together for hundreds of nights in song. Now they were silent. It was two months before a tour that would celebrate their band. Soon the

Ending Homelessness in Canada Receives Failing Grade

 Homelessness Remains a National Crisis Homelessness in Canada remains a national crisis despite the best efforts of social groups, housing advocates and all levels of government. In the 2014 State of Homelessness in Canada Report Card, the most startling number remains that on any given night 35,000 Canadians have no

Prenatal Stress Can Affect the Fetal and Infant Brain

 By Nicole Letourneau and Justin Joschko Prolonged exposure to toxic stress has been linked to depression, heart disease, diabetes and alcoholism Last month, it was reported that an Edmonton woman was badly beaten by her spouse. Though the attack put her in the hospital, the police offered a silver lining

Know your rights under Workers Compensation

 Peter worked for a large Ottawa development company for 10 years, doing a wide variety of jobs at a Laurier Street address — everything from painting and minor renovations to ceramic tile floor work and general maintenance. He was truly a jack-of-all-trades. In the fall of 2000, Peter's life would