Thank the bank but hold the standing ovation

 by Greg MacDougall and Steve Saunders As Ottawa’s winter slowly transitions to spring, and a young Senators team tantalizes fans with glimpses of a promising future, hockey fans debate the relative merits of Connor McDavid, Auston Matthews and Patrick Kane as winner of the Hart Memorial trophy, emblematic of the

Why has Canada’s data collection during the pandemic been so bad?

 Michael Wolfson It’s time the federal government used its authority to create critical data infrastructure Canadians are finally beginning to see projections of COVID-19 cases, deaths and needs for intensive-care units from various provinces and the federal government. We are also starting to see simulations that look beyond the next

Ottawa’s opioid crisis: Whose kid has to die?

 Have you ever wondered whose kid has to die before we target the tsunami of death flooding our city? Would the 40 dead Ottawans in 2016 or 64 more in 2017 suffice perhaps? Or would it take one of our politician’s youngsters to succumb, having been sucked into the cesspools

How a Close Shave Can Benefit Childhood Cancer Canada

 Smiling Over Sickness, a non-profit student-run organization that directs community volunteerism and student energy with the goal of contributing to the lives of sick children fighting cancer, continues their fundraising intuitive Shave for a Cure. The event, now in its 14th year, has volunteers shave their heads to raise money and awareness for Childhood

What I Learned as a Medical Student Working with Low-Income Families in Toronto

 Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. As a medical student taking part in a Social Paediatrics course at The Hospital for Sick Children, I was recently immersed in the lives and healthcare needs of low-income families in Toronto. This experience reshaped the lens through which I now view healthcare and helped

First Nations Come Last

 On May 27, her last day after a decade as Canada's official watchdog, Auditor General Sheila Fraser gave this dire warning.: “If the First Nations and the Federal Government don't find ways of working together, the living conditions in reserves will remain worse off than everywhere else in Canada, and