Greg Mercer
The Globe and Mail
Ontario, Canada
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Amid debate over health-care deal, foreign-trained doctors seize a chance to rethink restrictive contracts
Across Canada, some physicians who studied abroad chafe against provincial policies that are designed to help smaller communities – and threaten steep fines if they prefer to work in larger cities → Read More
Calls are growing for a national medical licence. But some experts say it could create a more transient work force
Medical organizations have long called for a national licensing system that would allow doctors to more easily work in multiple provinces → Read More
National physicians regulator aims to fast-track certification of more foreign-trained doctors
The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons aims to address doctor shortage and complaints its policies discriminate against people with overseas medical degrees → Read More
Labrador’s Inuit communities ponder a potential highway, both the good and bad
A proposal to build a northern highway connecting a series of remote coastal communities in Labrador to the rest of the country could change the region’s entire way of life → Read More
Ontario reviving plans for program that fast-tracks foreign-trained doctors into work force
After scrapping a similar initiative in 2018, the province is looking to reboot the program, which could add hundreds of new doctors to the health care system by spring → Read More
Hoping to attract new doctors to Canada, recruiters abroad are hobbled by licensing rules at home
With too much bureaucracy and too few residency spots, Canada is getting a global reputation as a hard place for physicians to work → Read More
Canadian doctors trained at international medical schools increasingly giving up on their home country for work
Canada’s health care system needs physicians to fill important gaps, but it has also set up barriers for international graduates to practise here instead of the U.S., Britain and Australia → Read More
Overheating rivers threatening Newfoundland’s wild Atlantic salmon
Anglers say the water in the Gander River has been noticeably balmy, part of a warming trend. In temperatures above 23 C, Atlantic salmon can become stressed, and anything beyond 28 C can be lethal → Read More
Nova Scotia’s wine industry forced to adapt to warming climate
Climate change is altering all the rules for winemakers in the Annapolis Valley, and also opening up new possibilities at Nova Scotia vineyards → Read More
Nova Scotia public inquiry releases audio recording of RCMP head’s tense call with investigating officers
The audio recording reveals Brenda Lucki telling the Nova Scotia RCMP to release details about the killer’s weapons and that she had been speaking to Justin Trudeau’s office → Read More
Stay or go? Newfoundland town divided over prospect of resettlement
Only a few dozen people still live in Gaultois, N.L., after decades that closed the fish plant, shrank the local school and left many homes abandoned. Now, those left will vote on a contentious plan to take provincial compensation and leave → Read More
Prince Edward Island, shaken by Fiona, keeps rebuilding despite shortages of labour and power
Weeks after a historic storm, electrical grids are still shaky, tradespeople and fuel are in high demand and businesses are scrambling to fix things for the next tourist season → Read More
In wake of Fiona, Newfoundlanders fear the sea in communities that thrived on it for centuries
Some in Port aux Basques, N.L., are conflicted about whether to rebuild or move away after a storm that threatened their lives and levelled their homes → Read More
Prime Minister tours storm-hit Newfoundland, pledges $10-million in relief
The N.L. government, meanwhile, announced $30-million in aid that would provide ‘immediate financial support’ to those most affected, as frustration mounted among residents of hard-hit Channel-Port aux Basques → Read More
Post-tropical storm Fiona pummels East Coast, washing away houses and leaving hundreds of thousands without power
The ‘historic’ storm was forecasted to bring in 100 to 200 millimetres of rain across much of Atlantic Canada and eventually eastern Quebec → Read More
RCMP hasn’t admitted any fault, Nova Scotia public inquiry told on final day of hearings
‘The RCMP has not behaved as a neighbour or a community member that’s committed to public safety,’ law professor says during closing statements → Read More
Hurricane Fiona to hit Nova Scotia Friday as region prepares for widespread power outages
Fiona to make landfall on Nova Scotia’s eastern shore overnight Friday as authorities prepare for potential flooding, widespread power outages and dangerous driving conditions → Read More
Canadians across country mourn Queen Elizabeth, a ‘steady presence through tumultuous times’
Canadians honoured Queen Elizabeth by lowering flags, placing flowers at statues and raising pints at pubs. Online, they praised her steadfast endurance, her rooted-in-placeness while the world evolved at rapid speed around her → Read More
Lessons were learned from Nova Scotia mass shooting, RCMP deputy commissioner says
The deputy commissioner says the RCMP is doing a better job of using the smartphone-based Alert Ready system since the N.S. shooting spree → Read More
Nova Scotia public inquiry hears from officer who interviewed perpetrator of mass shooting
The gunman’s chummy relationship with the local RCMP has been a focus of the inquiry examining the rampage that killed 22 people over 13 hours in April, 2020 → Read More