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Ontario government issues new emergency order on long-term care homes
TORONTO — Ontario issued a new emergency order on Wednesday allowing it to temporarily replace management at some long-term care homes struggling to contain...
Ontario’s nurses say COVID-19 pandemic highlights need for sweeping reforms
TORONTO — Ontario's health-care system must shift its focus away from hospitals and towards strong community care for everyone if it hopes to stave off...
Feds pledge one-time benefit top-up to seniors in COVID-19 aid
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau raised the possibility of extending emergency federal aid programs to ease the economic burden from COVID-19 as his...
Feds unveil new COVID-19 stream for provincial infrastructure program
OTTAWA — The federal government is preparing to spend more than $3 billion in infrastructure money on projects to make facilities more pandemic-resistant and...
May 10, 2020 Issue
Featured photo: Elder Edward's Food Pantry. Additional background photo by Steve Johnson from Pexels.
This issue includes:
Pefferlaw residents up in arms, as LSRCA...
Ontario expected to extend state of emergency to June 2
TORONTO — Ontario is reporting 308 new cases of COVID-19 today, and 35 more deaths.
That brings the province to a total of 20,546 cases,...
Ontario asks long-term care homes for plan to stem the spread...
TORONTO — Ontario's government is asking its hardest-hit long-term care homes to come up with a plan to stabilize the spread of COVID-19 within...
Ontario government to prop-up child-care providers with financial supports
TORONTO — The provincial government said it will help cover operating costs for child-care providers and waive their licensing fees in an effort to...
Peter MacKay suggests Magnitsky Act should be used against China for...
OTTAWA — Conservative leadership hopeful Peter MacKay is calling for use of the Magnitsky Act if specific individuals in China can be identified as...
Adequacy of federal emergency aid measures to be tested by jobless...
OTTAWA — The adequacy of federal emergency benefits to help Canadians weather the COVID-19 crisis is bound to come under scrutiny today as the...
