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Sudbury did not receive provincial funding for a supervised drug consumption site, but the Ministry of Health announced Monday that the city will get funding for one of the 27 Homelessness and Addiction Recovery Treatment (HART) Hubs across the province. Above: Downtown Sudbury from the air.
Katelyn Page, a social worker in the Rapid Access to Addictions Medicine (RAAM) Clinic, was well-acquainted with Niagara Health prior to joining the organization in 2015.
This directive will only create chaos, confusion, and inefficiency across the country. The millions of people in America who rely on federal programs to help meet their basic needs must be able to trust that they will have uninterrupted access to the critical resources these programs provide. People must be able to depend on the promises made by Congress.
The Office of the Public Advocate’s Worst Landlord Watchlist is an information-sharing tool that enables tenants, public officials, advocates, and other concerned individuals to identify which residential property owners consistently flout City laws intended to protect the rights and safety of tenants.
BTB, left, poses for a photo with her daughter T in an undated handout photo. BTB was shot and killed by her husband… a retired RCMP officer in October. Robert Wright, a social worker, therapist and director emeritus of the non-profit Peoples’ Counselling Clinic in Halifax, said Nova Scotia is behind in its efforts to identify and address early signs that point to a risk of intimate-partner violence.
She will have a feeding tube put in next week. Then she must pack up her life and leave the family home. “[All of this] has nearly broken me as a person,” she whispers. “The burden of the disease is enough, but when you add having to fight for everything … It feels like I’m being humiliated at the time I’m most vulnerable.” Those with power would do well to listen.
Approximately one billion people worldwide suffer from various psychiatric conditions. Korea is one of more serious cases, with approximately 1.8 million patients exhibiting depression and anxiety disorders, and the total number of patients with clinical mental diseases has increased by 37% in five years to approximately 4.65 million. A joint research team from Korea and the US has developed a technology that uses biometric data collected through wearable devices to predict tomorrow’s mood and, further, to predict the possibility of developing symptoms of depression.
