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Police learn how to deal with the mentally ill in crisis

Monday, January 9th, 2012

Jan. 09, 2012
A shortage of mental-health resources in Canada has put police and the mentally ill on a collision course, with officers increasingly becoming the first point of contact for people in crisis… in… Belleville… each front-line officer attends about 40 such calls a year… those first few moments of interaction… are crucial: “If you don’t respond properly, the results can be catastrophic.”

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Arbitrator nixes Ontario’s plans for wage freezes

Friday, September 17th, 2010

Sep. 17, 2010
Finance Minister Dwight Duncan has urged Ontario’s one million public sector workers to take a two-year wage freeze to help restore the province’s financial health and protect its vital social services. But an arbitration case has called those restraint measures into question. In a binding ruling released Thursday, arbitrator Norm Jesin awarded 17,000 workers in long-term care homes a 2-per-cent wage increase for this year. Labour leaders say the award could affect the outcome of talks for hundreds of thousands of workers in other sectors, including hospitals, public schools and universities.

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