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The Sackville, N.B. and surrounding community spoke about their appreciation of the local hospital, while Premier Blaine Higgs reaffirmed ER hours won't be reduced

The partnership will provide virtual urgent care for adults, children and youth in southwestern Ontario, as well as for long-term care residents in Hamilton and Niagara North West.

Virtual engagement sessions take place biweekly, beginning with Sackville this Thursday, ending with Edmundston on April 27. Results will be considered in a five-year health plan.

The NB Nurses Union is calling for more preventative health-care, while the NB Medical Society is submitting suggestions from doctors to government soon.

The federal government laid out a plan on Wednesday to negotiate short-term moderate livelihood fishing arrangements with interested Nova Scotia First Nations.

In September and October, consultations relating to mental health made up about 6 per cent on the Lumeca app.

Since the onset of COVID-19, doctors say they have been hearing how patients are more and more anxious about going to the hospital.

The head of the virtual emergency department at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre said staff have seen about 250 patients since Dec. 1.

The arrival of COVID-19 has taken the concept of telemedicine from a pipe dream to a fixture across Ontario, with many doctors expressing the hope that the change is here to stay long beyond the pandemic.

Canada has been slow to adopt practices like telehealth and doctors' visits done by video conference, experts say.

Through these virtual sessions, Albertans are able to connect with a doctor over the phone or through a secured video conference to receive medical consultations, assessments and mental health services.

"It gives people the comfort of getting that physician advice from their home," said Dr. Bharat Bahl.

The means by which many patients are communicating with physicians has changed because of COVID-19, according to the Saskatchewan Medical Association.

More therapists have shifted to online models for better accessibility. 

Last March, Ontario paused licence renewal sessions for drivers aged 80 and older, and waived vision testing requirements.

“The Minister therefore committed palpable and overriding error when she concluded that the level of consultation was appropriate.”

Global News spoke with a number of clinics, several of which reported multiple staff members had been laid off. One had been forced to stop seeing patients altogether.

Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante is calling on the public to participate in virtual public consultations in regards to the Grand Parc de L'Ouest.

As the COVID-19 pandemic pushes hospitals to the limits in many parts of the country, nearly 90 per cent of Canadians feel there is a need to increase health-care facilities.

“COVID-19 has shown that we have the ability to move systems and governments can now talk to each other in ways that we thought they couldn’t before."

With the Child Care Licensing Regulation set to expire early next year, the Alberta government says it is set to start consultations with stakeholders to improve the quality of child care in the province while also making it safer.

One First Nation was shocked and disappointed by Alberta's decision, while another was asked to resume consultations as it confirmed its first case of COVID-19