The abrupt closure of a Norwich, Ont., retirement home is highlighting the need for seniors' advocacy offices across the country, and more powers for regulators to act in such situations, advocates say.
The abrupt closure of a Norwich, Ont., retirement home is highlighting the need for seniors' advocacy offices across the country, and more powers for regulators to act in such situations, advocates say. Trillium Care Norwich retirement home is shown in Norwich, Ont., Nov. 1. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan DenetteThe abrupt closure of a Norwich, Ont.
"Those tools include management and compliance orders, administrative monetary penalties , licence revocation and the ability to prosecute under the Provincial Offences Act." For example, in B.C., the seniors advocate issued a report in June that criticized retirement homes for evicting residents who were unable to keep up with rising costs.
Patricia Spindel, the group's chairwoman, said the retirement home industry needs to be overhauled and provincial industry regulators are often not enough to protect residents. Going to the mailbox to check for letters and packages is a daily ritual for many of us, but not for people living at a Manitoba Housing complex in Winnipeg. They're cut off from their mail.The two biggest children’s hospitals in Montreal - the CHU Sainte-Justine and Montreal Children's Hospital - are asking the parents to avoid bringing their children to the emergency room if possible due to a surge in patients.
'The evidence was on graphic display before them': SIU concludes police committed no wrongs in death of Breanna Broadfoot's killer Thousands of Canada Post workers officially hit the picket lines Friday morning after negotiations with the Crown corporation on a new contract failed to be met by the strike deadline.Woman, 64, dies after house fire in Bathurst, N.B.Newfoundland and Labrador's return on investment for sponsoring a professional English soccer team was not quite as rosy as previously claimed.Police in Newfoundland say a man was electrocuted Saturday by a downed power wire about 10 kilometres north of St.
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