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Ontario schools dump the ABCs on report cards

T he report card arrived home and the parents weren't thrilled. Their child, a Grade 3 student, received a C in drama. Teacher Kari Lowry remembers the anxious parents questioning her colleague: The child was university-bound and the mark just couldn't ...

From CAROLINE ALPHONSO, Globe and Mail,  12 Mar 2010

Hospital seeks to reassure patients after doctor charged with sexual assault

N orth York General Hospital rushed to reassure patients that its facility is safe after a Toronto doctor was charged with sexually assaulting three women who were under an anesthetic and undergoing surgery. Officials say the alleged incidents involved ...

From CAROLINE ALPHONSO, Globe and Mail,  12 Mar 2010

Toronto doctor charged with sexual assault

A Toronto doctor practising anesthesiology has been accused of sexually assaulting three women who were under an anesthetic and undergoing surgery. Investigators believe there may be more victims and are appealing to witnesses to come forward with ...

From CAROLINE ALPHONSO, Globe and Mail,  11 Mar 2010

Move school-age kids up in the flu shot queue, study suggests

F irst in line to get the flu shot: the elderly, pregnant women and young children. Then, everyone else follows. A new study suggests another group should move to the front of the queue. Researchers, led by McMaster University’s infectious disease ...

From CAROLINE ALPHONSO, Globe and Mail,  9 Mar 2010

Related Topics: American Medical Association

West End blaze kills man, injures daughter

F ire officials are investigating the cause of a blaze that left a man dead and his 12-year-old daughter clinging to life. The family, which included an infant, was removed from a smoke-filled home at 14 Kemp Square, near Jane Street and Lawrence Avenue ...

From CAROLINE ALPHONSO, Globe and Mail,  8 Mar 2010

For medalists, new attention is a little hairy

I t was supposed to be a simple haircut. Then the fans descended and the cameras started clicking. Gold-medalist Jon Montgomery better get used to it: Medal-winning Olympic athletes returning home this week are learning to strike a balance between their ...

From CAROLINE ALPHONSO, Globe and Mail,  2 Mar 2010

Related Topics: Jennifer Heil

Snow days a thing of the past at GTA schools

I f your children keep peering through the front window hoping Mother Nature gives them a day off school, they're living in the wrong city. Mayor Michael Bloomberg may have given more than 1 million New York students Friday off to sleep in, break out ...

From CAROLINE ALPHONSO, Globe and Mail,  26 Feb 2010

Related Topics: Toronto Maple Leafs,  Stanley Cup,  Bruce Campbell

WHO says too early to call end to H1N1 pandemic

A fter months of infecting and killing thousands, it has all but disappeared. But not according to the World Health Organization. The U.N. agency's emergency committee, a 15-member influenza expert panel, has determined that it's too premature to say ...

From CAROLINE ALPHONSO, Globe and Mail,  24 Feb 2010

Related Topics: World Health Organization,  Margaret Chan

Ontario to decide on sprinklers

C oroner inquests have repeatedly called for them. So have firefighters across the province. Now, it will be up to the Ontario government to decide if it will make sprinklers mandatory in all retirement homes to protect the province's elderly. The ...

From CAROLINE ALPHONSO, Globe and Mail,  24 Feb 2010

Related Topics: Gerry Phillips

Q&A with Gregory Hartl

I ts worldwide spread could not be stopped. It infected and killed thousands, pushing countries to rush to develop a vaccine that would limit its reach. The World Health Organization raised its pandemic alert level to the maximum 6. But now, months ...

From CAROLINE ALPHONSO, Globe and Mail,  22 Feb 2010

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