Welcome to the Canadian National Multilingual News Group (CNMNG). This is a project made possible through funding by Canadian Heritage. CNMNG aims to gather news researched and written by a corps of Canadian-based journalists/writers from the country’s multilingual community groups. The overall goal is to inform, analyze and critique the issues of the day in a professional manner and to provide that to publishers and editors active in the ethnocultural-multilingual press and media whose experience provides them with a perspective that is sensitive to news relevant to their own language group.
TORONTO – He refused to get vaccinated against Covid-19 and to undergo antigen testing for the virus and has been fired from his job in some hospitals in the GTA. Then he was also denied unemployment benefits, because he was “fired for misconduct”. It was useless for him to challenge this decision, because the Federal Court ruled against him, stating that the reason for his dismissal met the definition of “misconduct” of the EI (Employment Insurance) law.
TORONTO – Avoiding open heart surgery, which involves risks and complications for the patient and raising costs for the healthcare system, is now possible thanks to minimally-invasive cardiac surgery: with the advances in technology and medical techniques, surgeons can now practice small incisions to reach the heart between the ribs, all without cutting the sternum, thus avoiding major blood loss, reducing the risk of infection and post-operative pain and allowing for a faster recovery of patients who spend less time in hospital and can return to their normal activities more quickly.
TORONTO – Sono stati pubblicati ieri i nuovi standard nazionali promessi da Ottawa per le case di cura a lunga degenza del Canada al fine di evitare il ripetersi della strage di anziani che si è consumata nelle prime fasi della pandemia in queste strutture. I residenti, viene messo in luce tra le altre cose, debbono ricevere almeno quattro ore di assistenza diretta ogni giorno…
TORONTO – I tredici premier canadesi affermano di “aspettarsi” di ottenere dal governo federale l’aumento della quota di finanziamento dell’assistenza sanitaria al 35%: la dichiarazione congiunta è arrivata lunedì, ad una settimana dall’incontro con il primo ministro Justin Trudeau in programma il prossimo 7 febbraio…
TORONTO – Canada’s 13 premiers say they “expect” to get the federal government to raise its health care funding ratio to 35%: the joint statement came on Monday, a week before the meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau scheduled for February 7th. The premiers were clear: they want the result of that meeting to be an increase in Canada Health Transfer of about $28 billion from the current $45.2 billion. →
