Critical care doctor Brooks Fallis says he was terminated from his job leading the intensive care division at a Brampton, Ont. hospital over his public criticism of the Ontario government’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and his failure to warn the hospital’s communications team about all of his media appearances.
When critical care doctor Brooks Fallis sat down for a virtual meeting with two of his superiors on Jan. 22, he was still struggling to understand why he had been terminated from his job leading the intensive care division at one of the hardest-hit hospitals in the country. Dr. Fallis recalled that …
As Ontario looks to reopen its schools across the province, officials remain vague as to what the indicators need to show so students can return to the classroom. David Williams, the province’s Chief Medical Officer of Health, said on Monday that there was “not an exact number, per se” when asked …
Alberta’s top doctor says her hands are tied when it comes to a rural church that is defying public COVID-19 health orders by hosting Sunday services with hundreds of maskless congregants. Chief medical health officer Dr. Deena Hinshaw says she helps set policy, but it’s up to Alberta Health …
The vast majority of Canadians support tighter restrictions on international travel imposed by the federal government, a new poll suggests. Eighty-six per cent of respondents agree with stricter measures that suspend flights to most sun destinations and require quarantining at a hotel at the …
Israel’s world-leading success in vaccinating a higher proportion of its population than any other country against COVID-19 has valuable lessons for Ontario, a new report by the province’s pandemic science advisers says. Jurisdictions across Canada and around the globe have been looking to Israel, …
The federal government has announced an agreement with U.S. vaccine maker Novavax, Inc. to manufacture its COVID-19 vaccine candidate in Canada, but production will only start months after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s stated deadline to procure enough vaccines for all Canadians. Amid a series of …
