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Two Wheels or Four, We Are in This Together.
There has been a long standing commitment to sharing the road safely in Ontario, and in 2015 provincial legislation passed to help increase it even further. One of the changes is the requirement to leave one-metre of space between a car and a bike when passing, where practicable.
Toronto Star’s View: Release task force report on sexual assaults by doctors
It’s hard to believe the opinion of a single lawyer is holding up the release of a crucially important provincial task force report that shines a spotlight on the sexual abuse of patients by doctors and recommends ways to better protect the public. But it’s true.
The Change Foundation (TCF)
Ontario’s independent health policy think tank that engages the voices of patients, caregivers and providers to explore health care issues and evolve our system
Auto insurance rates rise again despite Ontario gov’t pledge to lower premiums
The Liberal government promised in 2013 to cut auto insurance premiums an average of 15 per cent by August 2015, but Premier Kathleen Wynne later admitted that was what she called “a stretch goal.”
Things To Do After A Car Accident. Right Now
Even if you were seen by a paramedic at the scene and were cleared, you were in shock after the accident. When the body goes into shock, you can experience confusion, anxiousness, rapid heartbeat, rapid breathing, even nausea or vomiting. In other words, you’re not necessarily thinking clearly.
Changes to your Auto Insurance: What you need to know about Accident Benefits
In Ontario, if you or your loved ones are seriously injured in an auto accident, then you are entitled to receive the “No Fault” benefit, also known as “Accident Benefits”. A person is entitled to the following three benefits (regardless of fault):
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Can you trust your lawyer?
A report released last month to the Law Society of Upper Canada, the body that regulates lawyers and paralegals in Ontario, raises the issue of whether we can always trust lawyers to act in our best interests.
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WSIB appeals backlog
Indeed, the board’s own independent appeals tribunal is systematically rejecting decisions to slash benefits based on alleged pre-existing conditions, a Star analysis has found. Since 2012, about 80 per cent of injured workers’ appeals on that issue have been successful, according to a tally of tribunal rulings.
http://startouch.thestar.com/
Lost & Found: What Brain Injury Survivors Want You to Know
Brain injury rehabilitation takes a very long time; it is usually measured in years. It continues long after formal rehabilitation has ended. Please resist expecting me to be who I was, even though I look better.