It’s the body tasked with recommending which drug treatments are covered for tens of thousands of injured workers across the province. But no minutes are taken at its meetings, its members are a secret, possible conflicts of interest are not publicly reported and the full list of drugs subsidized by Ontario’s worker compensation board is unknown.

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2016/08/29/secretive-drug-policies-putting-injured-workers-at-risk-critics-say.html?utm_content=bufferdb04e&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Michaela Fitzpatrick, an ACORN member from Orléans, said for the first issue they want to the government to raise the amount of earnings that can be accumulated on ODSP and OW before clawback.

http://www.orleansstar.ca/News/Local/2016-08-26/article-4625522/ACORN-calling-for-change-in-welfare,-disability-program/1

Everybody is talking about mindfulness… but nobody seems to be able to explain clearly what the heck it really is. Ask people and you’ll hear, “Umm, be in the moment and SOMETHING SOMETHING SOMETHING, uh, meditation.”

http://www.bakadesuyo.com/2016/08/neuroscience-of-mindfulness/?utm_source=%22Barking+Up+The+Wrong+Tree%22+Weekly+Newsletter&utm_campaign=8ed8c4dc90-Lefty_8_28_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_78d4c08a64-8ed8c4dc90-56308197

What do U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne have in common? Well, they’re both smart, trailblazing in their own right and somewhat cunning female political leaders.

http://www.ottawasun.com/2016/08/27/a-clear-need-to-clean-up-fundraising?token=6a7f7d74ac546addd18a05672a9d9308

On Monday morning a tree crushed a car roof after rot caused it to collapse. The car was pretty much totalled. Luckily in a situation like this, a car insurance policy will pay for the repair or replacement of the car, but just in case the owner didn’t know that, some helpful person left a flyer for an insurance company under the windshield wiper of the car.

http://www.lowestrates.ca/news/crushed-car-montreal-perfect-insurance-ad-24212

The interesting and somewhat hilarious story of one Toronto resident highlights how auto insurance companies calculate premiums based on location. Sometimes the system is so rigid that it can result in savings or paying a lot more for coverage, through the space of a few blocks.

https://www.shopinsurancecanada.ca/blog/news/customer-pays-600-more-for-car-insurance-after-moving-4km/

Among the contributing factors was a rapid increase in the number of reported crashes. The number of crashes across B.C. jumped by 15% in two years, from 260,000 in 2013 to 300,000 in 2015. As well, the number of injury claims per 100 crashes has jumped by 32% over the last six years.

http://www.canadianunderwriter.ca/insurance/icbc-asks-4-9-increase-basic-insurance-rates-lower-last-years-5-5-increase-1004099134/

CAT claims are in the category of the most serious cases we see at our law firm. Not just any run of the mill car accident case will qualify as catastrophic. There is an ever changing medico-legal definition of that it takes for injuries from a car accident to be categorised as catastrophic. The medico-legal definition changed very recently (June 1, 2016 to be exact).

http://www.torontoinjurylawyerblog.com/2016/08/changes-definition-catastrophic-car-accidents-ontario-post-june-1-2016.html

When is it permissible to borrow another individual’s vehicle when they have not expressly given you permission to do so? And what are the legal repercussions if you are involved in an accident while in possession of that individual’s car? These were the issues the Court had to consider in resolving a 2016 civil suit, in Watts v. Bowman. 

http://www.personalinjurylawyerservice.ca/blog/implied-consent-in-a-car-accident-injury-claim