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Canadians with health issues face difficulty finding affordable life insurance
TORONTO — Like millions of Canadians, Tim Potter is living with a serious medical condition that has made it difficult, if not impossible, to secure meaningful...
From autism to public health, a year of backtracks in Ontario politics
TORONTO — Doug Ford’s government has backtracked on about a dozen policies and promises this year — an unprecedented amount symptomatic of an on-the-fly...
Three former St. Michael’s students sentenced to two years’ probation
TORONTO — Three former students of an all-boys Catholic school in Toronto were sentenced on Thursday to two years of probation for assaulting and sexually...
Changes to OHIP coverage is a good reason to look at travel insurance
TORONTO — For those planning a sunny getaway, it may be more important than ever this winter to pack the right travel insurance before departure.
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Ontario high school teachers hit picket lines for third job action in December
TORONTO — School principals in Ontario asked the provincial government on Wednesday to halt some standardized testing and elementary school report cards as teachers’ unions wage...
Ontario won’t release report on cost of scrapped Hamilton light-rail line
TORONTO — Questions are mounting about the costs of Hamilton’s now cancelled light-rail transit line as the Progressive Conservative government said Tuesday it will not release a third-party study...
End of an era as vehicle production comes to a close at GM Oshawa...
OSHAWA, Ont. — The last pickup trucks rolled down the line Wednesday at General Motor’s Oshawa Assembly Plant as an era of vehicle production...
Parents burst into tears as Ontario reveals autism program faces another delay
TORONTO — Parents of children with autism burst into tears Tuesday as the Ontario government announced another delay in getting those kids the services...
One-day high school teacher strike in some Ontario boards a ‘virtual certainty’
TORONTO — A one-day strike that will close high schools at ten boards across Ontario on Wednesday is a “virtual certainty”, said the teachers’ union, with...
Ontario asks Ottawa to double numbers of economic immigrants
TORONTO — Ontario is asking the federal government to double the number of economic immigrants to the province in order to deal with a skilled...
