Exercise - The Simple Prescription

An Ontario doctor is promoting exercise as the most important thing we  can do to improve our health.

Dr. Michael Evans spoke to a Fort Frances audience last night as part of Mental Health Week.

He says seeing patients with a variety of illnesses led him to realize their prescription was so simple.

Evans outlines his reasons in a video posted on You Tube that's received more than a million and a half hits.

Union Concerned With Changes To Bear Wise Program

A union leader says Ontario residents face greater danger from bears this year because of provincial government cutbacks.

Ontario Public Service Employees Union president Smokey Thomas says changes to the Bear Wise education and response program are among what he terms ill-advised cuts at the Ministry of Natural Resources.

Minister Michael Gravelle says Ministry staff will no longer be involved in the trapping and relocating of bears.

Doctors Upset with Fee Cuts

The Ontario Medical Association says it was deceived by the Liberal government which has slashed a number of fees paid to doctors.

President Dr. Doug Weir says Premier Dalton McGuinty and Health Minister Deb Matthews were never interested in simply freezing doctors' salaries.

The Liberal government says the fee reductions will save 338 million dollars this year.