Ontario News
Southlake expands home & community care for senior patients
By: Mike Anderson
Thanks to a $5.1 million boost from the province, Southlake Regional Health Centre will expand an innovative program that allows seniors to...
A year after pot legalization, lack of retail shops puts a damper on sales
TORONTO — The bohemian Toronto neighbourhood of Kensington Market has long been a hotspot for weed culture and home to pot lounge Hotbox Cafe,...
More than 300 charges laid in multi-province human trafficking investigation: YRP
The arrests of more than 30 people have dealt a serious blow to an alleged human trafficking ring that is believed to have victimized...
Ontario high school teachers to hold strike vote
TORONTO — The union representing Ontario’s high school teachers says it will hold strike votes among its members in the coming weeks.
Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation president...
‘Putting out a fire you set:’ critics wary of Tories’ reduced deficit projection
TORONTO — Ontario’s 2019-20 deficit will be lower than the $10.3 billion the Progressive Conservative government projected in their spring budget, Finance Minister Rod...
Ontario provincial government reaches deal with education workers, avoid strike
TORONTO — A strike that would have closed hundreds of schools across Ontario was averted Sunday night as the province reached a tentative deal...
Ontario government reverses cuts to child benefit, children’s aid services
TORONTO — Ontario is reversing funding cuts to a child benefit program that helps low-income families and refugee claimants as it conducts a broader review of...
YRDSB will close schools Monday if education workers strike
TORONTO — Hundreds of schools across Ontario are set to close their doors on Monday if the province’s education workers go through with a threatened strike,...
Ontario considering alternative to pot wholesale model: sources
TORONTO — Ontario is considering alternative cannabis distribution models and intends to launch a consultation process in the coming weeks, according to sources familiar...
Ontario education workers begin work-to-rule campaign as contract talks degrade
TORONTO — Tens of thousands of education workers across Ontario have begun a work-to-rule campaign in a bid to pressure the provincial government into making concessions...
