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Head of forensic psychiatry at St. Joseph’s Healthcare in Hamilton testifies for Crown at second-degree murder trial of Bradley House, the accused in the bizarre stabbing death of award-winning winemaker Paul Pender at a cottage in Haldimand County in Feb. 2022.
Conviction of Zaineddin Al Aalak in the murder and dismemberment of his father upheld by the Alberta Court of Appeal.
Conviction of Zaineddin Al Aalak in the murder and dismemberment of his father upheld by the Alberta Court of Appeal.
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Officials say they believe the cuddly Leonberger, who works in the forensic psychiatry unit, is the first dedicated therapy dog at any such hospital facility in Canada.
During the pandemic, therapeutic animal visits stopped at the St. Joseph's Healthcare West 5th campus.