What did high school students do during exam week? For many students in the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board (OCDSB), the answer is nothing. From Jan.…
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It has been called life support of the last resort, and during the pandemic ECMO, or extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, has helped pull some critically ill…
The first time he tried to enter Canada to start his new job as head of The Ottawa Hospital’s department of mental health, Dr. Jess…
Years in the planning, a new youth treatment centre to be built on what is currently an empty field in Carp could, sadly, not come…
It is distressing that the toxic drug poisoning deaths of more than 22,000 Canadians were not a bigger issue in the recent federal election, especially…
The recognition Toronto psychiatrist Dr. Simone Vigod is receiving for her research into the connection between a pregnant mother’s mental wellbeing and her child is…
A large, international study that involved more than half a million teenagers has distilled a clear, simple formula for the improved mental wellbeing of adolescents:…
Mental health and substance use issues that have been exacerbated by the pandemic, particularly among Ottawa’s homeless population and those at risk of homelessness, have…
The Royal has launched a virtual clinic aimed at meeting a growing demand for help with substance use across eastern Ontario. Read More Source: Visit…