Mike Anderson
Rod Phillips resigns as Ontario finance minister following Caribbean vacation
TORONTO — Ontario's finance minister resigned from his cabinet position Thursday, hours after returning from a Caribbean vacation amid a provincewide lockdown.
Rod Phillips travelled...
Family caregivers at Georgina’s LTC homes must wait for COVID-19 vaccines
By: Mike Anderson
Christmas came early for Robin Dowdall, a personal support worker (PSW) at the River Glen Haven Nursing Home in Sutton.
On December 23,...
‘It’s been overwhelming’: Local food bank sees demand increase during lockdown
By: Mike Anderson
While the holidays typically see an increase in demand at the Georgina Community Food Pantry, this year the pandemic is making the...
Province signals Upper York Sewage Solutions project may be off the...
By: Mike Anderson
The province is considering pulling the plug on the Upper York Sewage Solutions (UYSS) project, a state-of-the-art sewage treatment plant slated to...
Airbnb rolls out restrictions in Canada to prevent New Year’s Eve...
TORONTO — Just days after the discovery of a large party in one of its rental properties, Airbnb says it has a plan to...
Ontario to announce vaccine task force Friday, group will plan rollout
TORONTO — Ontario will unveil its COVID-19 vaccine task force on Friday, said Premier Doug Ford, pledging that the province will be ready to...
Boil-water advisories at First Nations communities to remain past March 2021:...
OTTAWA — The federal government says it will not meet a marquee pledge by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to lift all boil-water advisories in...
Testing finds outbreak in Toronto school, 19 students, 2 staff test...
TORONTO — The province's plan to test asymptomatic students and staff for COVID-19 has uncovered an outbreak in the first school where it was...
Const. Marc Hovingh, OPP officer shot in line of duty, remembered...
Friends and relatives of an Ontario Provincial Police officer killed in the line of duty last week remembered him Saturday as a "man of...
Feds unveil more funding for dairy, poultry and egg farmers hurt...
OTTAWA — Canadian egg and poultry farmers who've lost domestic market share due to two recent free trade agreements will soon have access to...
