Tough new rules tackle smoking dangers

By Jasminee Sahoye Starting Jan. 1, the Ontario government is banning smoking in children’s playgrounds, publicly owned sports fields, and restaurant and bar patios. Also, the Smoke-Free Ontario Act will be revised to bar the sale of tobacco on university and college campuses from the same date. Changes to the act will replace a patchwork […]

Obama effort paltry vs Cuba’s ebola aid

By Glen Ford The real vector of mass death stalking West Africa is not the ebola-carrying fruit bat but a global capitalist system that has plundered Africa for centuries. Public health services are perceived as a threat to global capitalism; private profit is the system’s aim. When Ebola had clearly become unmanageable, President Barack Obama […]

Feds face fight over refugee health cuts

Feds face fight over refugee health cuts

Feds face fight over refugee health cuts By Jasminee Sahoye In 2002, when a Guyanese family who claimed their lives were at risk had their refugee status application denied, they were covered for health care. Even so, because they were a family with four children and two have had complicated health issues, they had to […]