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 COVID-19
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 numbers
OTTAWA — The adequacy of federal emergency benefits to help Canadians weather the COVID-19 crisis is bound to come under scrutiny today as the...
Ontario wants to change PPE directive for long-term care workers, union says
TORONTO — Ontario is trying to "water down" guidelines that give health-care workers in long-term care homes access to N95 masks, the union representing them...
Communications breakdown at River Glen Haven during COVID-19 outbreak
By: Mike Anderson
As the outbreak worsens at River Glen Haven Nursing Home, with the first COVID-19 death reported on May 6, family members of...
Need to think longer-term on debts, finances as downturn set to linger: experts
TORONTO — The initial economic shock from the COVID-19 outbreak may start to ease as provinces reopen, but experts say it's important for those...
COVID-19 kills scores more in Canada; Greyhound to shut down all service
TORONTO — Scores more people in Canada have succumbed to COVID-19, authorities reported Thursday, as one of the country's major inter-city bus carriers announced...
Shopping Shift: How indoor malls will look different under new COVID-19 measures
TORONTO — Consumers should get ready for a new world of retail as indoor shopping mall operators across the country prepare to reopen their doors with an...
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...
