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- Canadian HR Reporter: WSIB adds COVID stats to Safety Check tool
“The tool will be useful considering that 62 per cent of Ontarians say they have become more interested in workplace health and safety since the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a WSIB survey. Also, 82 per cent would want to check out the health and safety information of a workplace before starting a … Read more »
- Ottawa Citizen: The long tail of COVID-19: Doctors, patients coming to grips with long COVID
“Some people will be changed forever by long COVID, says Dr. Shawn Marshall, who specializes in physical medicine and rehabilitation at The Ottawa Hospital. Treating COVID-19 long haulers has become part of the rehabilitation work he does. And, with a fourth wave underway, there is no end in sight. … Read more »
- Elliot Lake Today: Six former Elliot Lake miners to be memorialized this Labour Day weekend
“During her keynote speech, the former Elliot Lake resident says it will be bittersweet for her as she focuses on the stories of the six miners; how they lived, worked, and contributed to their families and communities. She notes three of the six being inducted are there due to the McIntyre Powder P … Read more »
- CBC: Why a GTA woman is still fighting the WSIB for help a decade after her sister fell ill
“But more than 10 years after her sister’s injury, Francine said she’s still fighting the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) to modify her home so she can properly care for her sister while Cynthia is confined to a hospital bed set up in the family’s living room.” Article: Why a GTA woman i … Read more »
- Waterloo Region Record: WSIB claim accepted, says widow of Kitchener rubber worker
“On Friday morning, Virginia MacKenzie got a phone call that she’s been waiting 14 years to receive. When her husband, Ross, died at age 70 in 2007 after three rounds of cancer, chronic lung issues and other complications, she began her fight with Ontario’s Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB … Read more »