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The Toronto Star: Medical Secrets was the theme of a series about a lax Ontario medical regulatory system that failed to hold doctors accountable for practices harmful to patients. Finding no database existed of disciplinary cases since 1994, the paper created one. There was significant public response. Complaints against doctors were handled routinely by the College of
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The Toronto Star newspaper ran a special report, "An Investigation into Alternative Medicine," Jan 15-23, 2000. Herbal "cures" were examined by Star reporter Leslie Papp in the first installment of the series, perhaps prompted by the imminent opening of Canada's new Office of Natural Health Products. As part of the report, three herbal products were tested by The Star. None of the three brands of garlic supplements met their claims of how much allicin compounds they contained. Yet allicin is the ingredient used to measure the potency of the product. Ditto for ginseng and feverfew: Five of the six ginseng products tested did not contain the levels of ginsenoside they claimed, and two of six feverfew products failed to live up to their claims of parthenolide.
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The Toronto Star redesigned a couple weeks ago. (OK, three. Or so.) SND's Canada blog had some (more timely) coverage here and here. There's a new body face, Torstar Text, which is set at 10.25 on 11, as opposed to the old 9.9 on 10. The paper ... will be gradually shrinking to a width of 11.5 inches between August and October. There's an online reader's guide here.
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According to Ellen Moorhouse’s article in the Toronto Star, franchising is no longer reserved for fast food joints. It has apparently hit the new home market. Her article reveals that Ohio-based Epmark Inc. has been franchising condominium development systems for “adult lifestyle” since 1995 and has more than 75 franchisees in 23 U.S. states. As noted by the article: “It charges a $30,000 (U.S.) initiation fee to franchisees, plus $2,000 for each unit built, according to Tom Rothrauff, vice-president and general manager for Epmark. He estimates the franchisees pay about 1.25 per cent of their project costs in franchise fees. In return, Epmark provides architectural plans for the ranch-style communities, working drawings and specifications, manuals on how to run the operation, help in hiring and training sales and marketing personal, help in construction supervision, marketing materials and a template for condo documentation, which would have to be adapted to regulations in each state.”
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El Toronto Star es un periódico canadiense publicado en la ciudad de Toronto (Ontario). Tiene la mayor distribución del país, sobrepasando los 400.000 ejemplares diarios (distribuidos casi por completo en la provincia de Ontario). Pone énfasis en la cobertura de noticias regionales del área metropolitana de Toronto. Su compañía madre, Torstar, posee un gran número de diarios regionales y comunitarios, así como la Harlequin Enterprises Ltd, la mayor editorial de novelas románticas del mundo. Actualmente, Torstar pretende comprar un 20% de Bell Globemedia a los propietarios de la CTV y The Globe and Mail.
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According to Peter Calamai’s article in the Toronto Star last week, the Paul Martin’s liberal government has pledged $4 billion over ten years to clean up contaminated sites and endorsed “green” technologies for sustainable development. This is good news to environmentalists who thought Mr. Martin’s would shy away from these commitments. According to the article: “‘You can see the Martin stamp here with the emphasis on green technologies and inventing your way out of the problem,’ said David Runnalls, president of the International Institute for Sustainable Development. The throne speech pledged $4 billion over 10 years to clean up pollution at military bases, abandoned mines, nuclear research labs, harbours and at least 2,000 more sites where the federal government is legally responsible. The government had earlier estimated it was liable for at least $3.4 billion in clean-up costs and estimated that a $1 billion more could be added as more pollution became known.”
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