France Gelinas

• Public Health reveals 629 Ontarians died from opioid overdoses in first six months last year

  Public Health Ontario statistics were quietly updated last week to show that 629 people in Ontario died from opioid-related causes from January to June of 2018. That marked an increase from the same time period in 2017, when 549 people died from opioid-related causes.

  Crime

  Mar 25, 2019
  
• All party support of Time to Care Act is applauded in Peterborough

  Bill C33, 'The Time to Care' act, would see residents of Ontario long-term care facilities receive four hours per day of hands-on care

  Health

  Nov 4, 2017
  
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• Northern Ontario community urging for more oil cleanup assistance after CN derailment

  Officials in a northern Ontario community where a train carrying crude oil derailed last year are urging CN Rail to do more to clean up the water.

  Environment

  Oct 18, 2016
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• Low-income kids will lose out on dental care due to service cuts: Ontario NDP

  Ontario's New Democrats say thousands of children in low-income families will lose access to preventative dental care because of Liberal government service cuts.

  Politics

  Dec 8, 2014
• Opposition calls for action on Ontario opioid deaths

  Ontario needs to rethink the way it treats addiction and pain if it wants to tackle a worsening prescription opioid health crisis, critics say.

  Canada

  Nov 13, 2014