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New arrangements for payment by results: the RCM's senior policy analyst Sean O'Sullivan and independent consultant Suzanne Tyler describe the new changes to Payment by Results and the impact they will have on commissioners and maternity staff 

Commissioners and providers of maternity services are coming to terms with major changes to Payment by Results (PbR) arrangements that came into...

Scientists angle for "God particle" 

By Sean Patrick Sullivan

VANCOUVER -- Canadian scientists at the forefront of the world's largest science experiment say discoveries...

GEOGRAPHIC SCALE OF METROPOLITAN RACIAL SEGREGATION*, THE 

This article addresses an aspect of racial residential segregation that has been largely ignored in prior work: the issue of geographic scale. In...

Pemberton Festival turns out just fine 

By Sean Patrick Sullivan

PEMBERTON, B.C. -- As the final day of the inaugural Pemberton Festival drew to a close, talk of long waits,...

Summer concerts make for strange musical bedfellows 

By Sean Patrick Sullivan

VANCOUVER -- They're not exactly artists you'd expect to see on the same bill: Buck 65 and Tom Petty, Great...

A hero to some, vigilante to others 

Actions of fugitive hunter raises alarms

By Sean Patrick Sullivan

VANCOUVER -- Armed with a rifle

and his toughest dog,...

Birth centres: financially viable? RCM senior policy analyst Sean O'Sullivan and independent consultant Suzanne Tyler discuss the true cost of birth centres and raise the question of their financially viability under Payment by Results 

The introduction of Payment by Results (PbR) is leading to greater transparency and openness in financial costings, which means that for the first...

'Aggressive' panhandling laws under attack 

Not a solution to underlying problems, activists say

By Sean Patrick Sullivan

TORONTO -- The defenders of Canada's urban poor...

Hitting the campground? Gotta have your Wi-Fi 

By Sean Patrick Sullivan

TORONTO -- Swimming pools, mini-golf and decent shower facilities are no longer the only hallmarks of a decent...

Negotiations with natives to resume soon in Ontario 

Follows Appeals Court statement

By Sean Patrick Sullivan

TORONTO -- Negotiations to settle the aboriginal land dispute in...