Over the next few months, many healthcare institutions will have to make small and large efforts to balance their finances. At the CISSS de Laval, for example, employees of three CHSLDs, including that of Sainte-Dorothée, recently learned that staff absences would not be filled for the night shift. In a recent communication, the human resources … Read more
The words “slow down” and “danger” often appear in red these days on the two speed cameras located along Route 105 in Chelsea. According to the citizens of this Outaouais municipality, this reflects an increasingly heavy trend on this section located between Old Chelsea Road and the Alonzo-Wright Bridge. They are now asking the Quebec … Read more
Christian Dubé’s decision to push back the deadline to stop using private agency workers in the health care network is causing discontent on the Côte-Nord. Health care workers feel that their requests are less important than those in urban areas. Quebec, Montreal and Montérégie, in particular, are benefiting from a reprieve until March 2025, whereas … Read more
Quebec Health Minister Christian Dubé is pushing back the deadline to end the use of private placement agencies in the health care system. He made the announcement on Thursday. Regions that were to comply with the government’s desire to no longer use this independent workforce as early as October, namely Quebec, Montreal, Montérégie and Chaudière-Appalaches, … Read more
Gabriel Diallo won his third qualifying match at the US Open in New York on Thursday. The Quebecer, 148th in the ATP ranking, defeated Frenchman Valentin Royer (199th) in two sets of 7-6 (7/3) and 6-4 in 1 hour and 48 minutes. Diallo won 76% of the rallies on his first serve, but struggled to … Read more
The British Columbia Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) says no cases of the more dangerous variant of the mpox virus, formerly known as monkeypox, have been detected in the province so far. The variant, clade 1b, which has an estimated 3.6% fatality rate, is causing a runaway epidemic in some African countries. It has led … Read more
Does agreeing to the terms of service when signing up for Disney’s video-on-demand service mean you’ve agreed to never sue the entertainment giant for anything again? At least that’s what Disney is arguing in its defense in a lawsuit filed by the family of a 42-year-old New York doctor who allegedly died of an allergic … Read more
Ottawa Public Health (OPH) is developing a multi-faceted strategy to keep insects and the potentially dangerous viruses they can carry under control. One way local health authorities are doing this is by using drones. These drones are capable of transporting and dispersing larvicides to kill mosquitoes. The technology is supplied and operated by GDG Environnement. … Read more
Maurice Williams, singer of the group The Zodiacs whose famous ballad Stay will be one of the greatest musical successes, recently died at the age of 86. Williams died Aug. 6, according to an announcement from the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame, which did not provide further details at this time. A writer and … Read more
A plane that was supposed to connect Marseille with Brussels this afternoon had to make an emergency landing this Friday, August 16. The reason? The plane hit a bird mid-flight. In this type of situation, “you must land at the nearest airport”, said the Brussels Airlines press release to our colleagues at Le Soir. 2024-08-16 … Read more