• Video captures patient crawling out exit after hospital dismisses pleas for help

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    Medical staff at a Toronto hospital told a man complaining of excruciating leg pain that he was fine and to go home — forcing him to crawl out of emergency. He believes a serious health disorder was ignored due to his mental illness, a problem mental health experts say is far too common.

  • 'They call us every day': COVID-19 case monitors are a lifeline for those waiting out illness at home

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    In some provinces, including Saskatchewan and Manitoba, public health workers make daily phone calls to people with COVID-19 to actively monitor their symptoms and compliance with the rules. The practice is recommended by the Public Health Agency of Canada, but some provinces do not actively monitor cases.

  • Ontario seniors 'living in fear' of COVID-19 feel forgotten in vaccine rollout plan

    Ketty and Morris Samel

    Figures from Public Health Ontario show that more than a third of COVID-19 deaths in Ontario are adults 60 and over who aren't in long-term care. Advocates, health experts and seniors in Ontario themselves are calling for older adults in the community to be vaccinated for COVID-19 sooner.

  • Biden indicates plans to cancel Keystone XL pipeline permit on 1st day in office, sources confirm

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    U.S. president-elect Joe Biden has indicated plans to cancel the Keystone XL pipeline permit on his first day in office, sources confirmed to CBC News on Sunday.