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  • Ontario may not meet LTC direct care target due to staff shortages: document
    There is a "systemic shortage of nurses" across all sectors, according to a briefing document for Long-Term Care Minister Stan Cho when he took over the file in September. 
    Health
    Apr 16
  • ‘I’m not paying it’: Ontario family furious over $400/day hospital fine for not moving to LTC
    Campeau chose neither – the family has been racking up a monster bill since March 11 that remains unpaid while her mother has stayed on at a Windsor, Ont., hospital. 
    Health
    Apr 10
  • Cultural LTC admissions drying up in Ontario due to new priority rules
    Villa Colombo's programming is done in Italian, and many of the new residents don't speak Italian or even English, said executive director Lisa Alcia. 
    Health
    Apr 4
  • Resolution in $200M Ontario basic income class action could take ‘years’: lawyer
    A lawyer from Toronto law firm Cavalluzzo LLP is representing thousands in a class action alleging Ontario breached the terms of a contract it entered with participants.
    Canada
    Apr 23
  • Feds stand firm in Ontario housing battle: ‘They’re not going to receive this money’
    In early April the Trudeau government unveiled billions of dollars in funds for housing. It said the money would only flow if provinces met certain conditions.
    Politics
    Apr 12
  • Ontario won’t divulge fines for hospital patients refusing LTC transfers
    Ontario is refusing to divulge the amount of money that seven patients have been fined for refusing transfers from a hospital to a long-term care home not of their choosing.
    Politics
    Apr 11
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  • 7 people fined $400 a day for refusing LTC transfers: Ontario government
    Seven people in Ontario have been fined for refusing transfers from a hospital to a long-term care home not of their choosing.
    Health
    Apr 3
  • New online directories help Peterborough area residents find health, community services
    A new partnership between the Peterborough Ontario Health Team, Peterborough city and county have added two directories which can find services via topic, location and keyword.
    Health
    Mar 27
  • Most Ontarians don’t believe a long-term care bed should count as a home: new poll
    When asked whether governments should 'count new long-term care beds as new homes,' 63 per cent of respondents to a new poll said no, while just 23 per cent felt they should.
    Canada
    Mar 11
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  • Nearly 300 Ontario patients moved to LTC homes they didn’t choose
    Nearly 300 people in Ontario have been moved from hospitals to long-term care homes not of their choosing under a law the government implemented a little over a year ago.
    Health
    Mar 20
  • ‘Deceptive’ or ‘awesome’? Ontario’s housing goal including LTC beds faces scrutiny
    A large portion of the housing starts in some Ontario municipalities were in fact long-term beds. The housing minister has defended the policy but one MPP says it is 'deceptive.'
    Politics
    Feb 28
  • Ford teases ‘really good’ announcement for Ontario colleges, universities
    Premier Doug Ford hinted at new funding for Ontario's universities and colleges, which are struggling financially in the face of a federal cap on foreign students.
    Politics
    Feb 24
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  • Team Saskatchewan skip Mike McEwan enjoying every minute of prairie curling
    Hailing from Brandon Manitoba, McEwen spent most of his career skipping for his home province but has recently made some moves.
    Canada
    Mar 7
  • Nurse practitioner fees could ‘undermine’ Ontario public health investment: minister
    Ontario Health Minister Sylvia Jones has written to the federal government asking it to help close what she describes as a 'loophole' in the system.
    Health
    Apr 16
  • ‘The American model’: Ontario doctor claims move to private care building steam
    As the Ontario Medical Association continues to sound the alarm over a family doctor shortage, one doctor said a move toward American-style health care is 'happening already.'
    Canada
    Feb 15
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  • A Mississauga NHL team? Hazel McCallion’s son wants to make that a reality
    A Mississauga mayoral candidate wants to bring an NHL team to the city, saying 'Mississauga is no longer the little brother or sister of Toronto.'
    Politics
    Apr 22
  • Driver missing in Ontario after police say vehicle was pulled into creek
    Searchers have been looking for a motorist missing since the weekend when police say the vehicle entered a flooded ditch and was pulled into a creek in northern Ontario.
    Canada
    Apr 16
  • Renewed tensions over Queen’s Park keffiyeh ban brewing
    A debate around the Arab headdress erupted on Thursday after Ontario Premier Doug Ford said a ban from Speaker Ted Arnott "divides" people and called for it to be reversed.
    Politics
    Apr 22
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  • Ontario weighing nurse practitioner funding options amid extra billing concerns
    The Ontario government is looking for ways to bring clinics led by nurse practitioners into the public health system. It also wants Ottawa to create cross-Canada rules.
    Politics
    Apr 15
  • Ontario hockey prospect to compete for roster spot at arena he once sold peanuts at
    Micah Della Croce, 16, was working the concessions at Sleeman Centre in Guelph, Ont., last season. He was recently picked by his hometown team in April's OHL Priority Selection.
    Sports
    Apr 23
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