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The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on our health care system, in particular on health care workers on the front lines of caring for Canadians.  Nurses have been working tirelessly over the last couple of years in response to the pandemic, doing their best to keep us out of hospitals, treat the ill, vaccinate people and educate communities all the while trying to keep themselves and their families safe. If you live in a household with a healhcare provider you would know first hand how challenging and stressful the last 2 years was on each and every healthcare provider and their immediate...

Congratulations! After years of studying you graduated from the Nursing school and you are starting your first job at a hospital or a healthcare facility.  You are in luck if your workplace is providing you with a few pairs of nurse scrubs. But you are deservingly feeling that you are one of Charlie’s Angels and those baggy scrubs do not make you look or feel like one of the angels.  But we came a long way since the days when your only option was the hospital provided scrubs. There are so many great options out there to make you comfortable...

Ontario Chief Medical Officer Dr. Kieran Moore attended a press briefing at the Queens Park Legislature, in Toronto, on Monday, November 14, 2022, first time since August 2022. Ontario's chief medical officer of health is "strongly recommending" that Ontarians wear masks in all indoor public settings, including in schools and in childcare settings, but stopped short of recommending a return to a mask mandate in the province. At the news conference on Monday, Dr. Kieran Moore said the province's health system is facing "extraordinary pressures" with the ongoing circulation of COVID-19, the earlier than normal rise in respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), as...

Let it 'fall' Without a doubt one of the best times to visit and enjoy Canada would be the Fall season. We start seeing the change of colours in September but it is October that this magical colour transformation reaches its peak. This year we are also blessed with an unusually warm weather and lots of sunshine which makes it the best time to visit our parks to truly appreciate the beauty of our country. You would also able to witness and enjoy this right in the city.  Another reason to love October is Diwali Diwali is the Indian “festival of lights”—a holiday...

Mask mandates have disappeared across much of the country, but you may still want to hang onto your masks you still have around the house - especially the FFP2s - aka N95. It is strongly advised that you use N95s rather than  "loosely woven cloth masks" which provide little protection against COVID-19. If you're using a homemade cloth mask, you may be at higher risk than you think. Surgical masks and KN95s provide more protection than cloth face coverings, and approved well-fitting respirators such as FFP2s or N95s provide the most protection. If you're in higher-risk group for COVID because of your job or health condition...