Government Of Ontario

• ‘This violence needs to stop,’ Durham advocates react to mass shooting in Sault Ste. Marie

  The shooting in Sault Ste. Marie is sounding the alarm locally for more resorces around intimate partner violence.

  Canada

  Nov 1
  
• Canada, Ontario reach historic $10 billion proposed First Nations treaty settlement

  The fund, which represents the 21 Robinson Huron First Nations, announced Saturday that the proposal will resolve claims which stretch back more than 170 years.

  Canada

  Jun 18
  
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• Company behind Ontario Place spa ‘working furiously’ to address criticism

  Therme, the company behind the planned waterfront spa, is under pressure after new details of its project were released and city officials take issue with the building's design.

  Politics

  Apr 26
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• Alzheimer’s Society seeks funding to extend support pilot projects in Ontario

  The society is asking the provincial government to spend slightly under $22 million to fund the transitional support program at all long-term care homes in the province.

  Health

  Feb 25
• Ontario calls legislature to 5 a.m. sitting to expedite anti-strike legislation

  An order in council, which will be published Monday evening, notes that "it is deemed that the public interest requires the Assembly to reconvene at an earlier time."

  Politics

  Oct 31, 2022
• Doug Ford names 43 paid parliamentary assistants, up 65% from 2018

  Parliamentary assistants help ministers with "legislative and committee matters, including special projects and assignments that require dedicated leadership."

  Politics

  Jun 29, 2022
• Forest firefighters redeployed from Northern Ontario to help Ottawa with storm cleanup

  The deadly storm on May 21 killed 11 people in Ontario and Quebec and left hundreds of thousands of people without power.

  Canada

  Jun 8, 2022
• Peel child welfare organization paid $49,000-plus to company run by senior staffer

  Emails and documents show Peel Children’s Aid Society (CAS) had an agreement with Code Ninjas Waterloo, an organization apparently launched by one of its senior executives.

  Canada

  Apr 20, 2022
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• Journey to Justice: How Ontario’s strategy to fight sex trafficking is changing

  While Ontario represented 29 per cent of all violent crime reported in Canada in 2019, the province accounted for over 60 per cent of Canada’s human trafficking cases.

  Canada

  Feb 23, 2022
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• Ontario government allocating $62M in budget to make more autism services available

  The $62-million announcement comes as the Ontario government works to shore up its delayed revamp of the autism program.

  Health

  Jul 28, 2021