Feds to partly cover ‘top ups’ for front-line workers on minimum wage
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government, provinces and territories will spend $4 billion to increase the wages of essential workers in...
‘We need staff. We’ll take anybody’: PSWs speak out at River Glen Haven as...
By: Mike Anderson
With 13 staff members and 29 residents testing positive for COVID-19, personal support workers (PSWs) at River Glen Haven are overworked, stressed...
Ontario allowing curbside pickup for retail, reopening of garden, hardware shops
TORONTO — Ontario announced small steps Wednesday toward reopening the economy during the COVID-19 pandemic as the growth in new cases slows, including allowing...
Ontario allowing curbside pickup for retail, reopening of garden, hardware shops
TORONTO — Ontario announced small steps Wednesday toward reopening the economy during the COVID-19 pandemic as the growth in new cases slows, including allowing...
Students start looking for summer work, with few options in usual places
OTTAWA — Adam Brown lined up a job in March with a consulting firm in Edmonton. He just started there this week.
Brown counts himself among the lucky...
River Glen Haven Nursing Home records first death due to COVID-19 outbreak: York Region...
By: Mike Anderson
An outbreak of COVID-19 has claimed the life of a female resident at the River Glen Nursing Home in Sutton, Ontario.
The elderly...
Ontario extends low hydro rates, emergency orders
TORONTO — Ontario is extending a period of lower hydro rates as well as its emergency orders.
The orders, which were set to expire today,...
Local women’s shelter reports higher call volumes as domestic disputes rise during pandemic
By: James Burrows
Sandgate Women's Shelter in Jackson's Point is reporting higher call volumes, as York Regional Police respond to an increase in domestic incidents...
Ford: MLSE asked about Toronto being a hub city should NHL resume its season
TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the Toronto Maple Leafs' parent company has been in contact with the province about the possibility of...
Ontario reports 387 new COVID-19 cases, 61 more deaths
TORONTO — Ontario reported 387 new cases of COVID-19 and 61 more deaths on Tuesday, as the growth rate remained steady.
The new cases bring...
