Compulsory insurance does not create affordable access to prescription drugs

 By Steve Morgan New Brunswick has opportunity to reduce pharmaceutical drug prices dramatically with a single payer system. The Liberal government of New Brunswick appears to be stepping back from the brink of mandatory prescription drug insurance. And so they should. The Conservatives had pitched the drug plan as a

Where are the Accessible Toilets Ottawa? GottaGo!

 Nowadays, the most vulnerable members of our population—children, seniors and persons with disabilities—are in search for clean and safe public washrooms in Ottawa. But Rachel Canham, a Carleton University researcher, is steering the pursuit for public toilets in a whole new direction. “I feel like while the need for public

First Annual Red Hat Mall Crawl a Resounding Success

 On August 15th, 80 local ladies of the Red Hat Society strutted their stuff at Ottawa’s first Annual Red Hat Mall Crawl – an event meant to promote awareness of and membership in the Society. Carlingwood Shopping Centre was awash in red hat ladies. Much to the delight of the many

Seniors’ Nutrition a Critical Issue in Canada: One-third of Canadian Seniors at Risk of Malnutrition

  By Arlene Adamson Too many seniors are not able to afford enough healthy food – or enough food at all, we learned last week from a Statistics Canada study.  The data, gathered from the 2008/2009 Canadian Community Health Survey, revealed that a full one third of our senior citizens are