The Canadian Press OTTAWA–Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole is naming his shadow cabinet, including his predecessor Andrew Scheer as the party’s infrastructure critic. O’Toole is keeping Ontario’s Pierre Poilievre as finance critic and promoting Alberta’s Michelle Rempel Garner to health critic and New Brunswick’s Rob Moore to justice critic. Critics are […]
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Shawn Jeffords and Michelle McQuigge The Canadian Press TORONTO – Ontario’s education minister is aiming to reassure parents that his province’s school reopening plan is different than Quebec’s, where 47 schools have at least one case of COVID-19 since opening. Stephen Lecce reacted Saturday to a report from the Quebec […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO–Students in Ontario will begin returning to the classroom in person today for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The province shuttered all schools on March 13 after cases of coronavirus disease began to rise. This fall, boards will offer a mix of […]
The Canadian Press THUNDER BAY, Ont. – Ontario’s First Nation chiefs are calling on the provincial government to reflect on its relationship with Indigenous people on 25th anniversary of the Ipperwash crisis. Chiefs of Ontario head Alvin Fiddler said in a statement over the weekend that distrust between First Nations […]
The Canadian Press The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 11:13 a.m. EDT on Sept. 8, 2020: There are 132,299 confirmed cases in Canada. – Quebec: 63,876 confirmed (including 5,770 deaths, 56,162 resolved) – Ontario: 43,161 confirmed (including 2,813 deaths, 38,958 resolved) – Alberta: 14,474 confirmed […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA–Prime Minister Justin Trudeau continues his virtual tour of Canada today, with electronic visits to the Atlantic provinces. He conducted a virtual tour of British Columbia on Wednesday, meeting with Premier John Horgan and consulting with business and environmental leaders about how to ensure a green economic […]
Press Release (ORILLIA, ON) – With the school year beginning, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) will be highly visible over the Labour Day Long Weekend, ensuring drivers are sharing the road safely and practicing the exemplary driving habits that are vital to keeping children, other students and all other road […]
Press Release COVID-19 has had a devastating impact on Ontario nonprofits and charities, with one in five organizations expecting to close within six months, more than 30 per cent laying off staff and more than half losing volunteers. The new data comes from a bilingual survey conducted by L’Assemblée de […]
The Canadian Press The amount of clean electricity wasted in Ontario is expected to increase significantly this year as a result of the changes in energy consumption brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the association representing the province’s engineers. The Ontario Society of Professional Engineers released an updated […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO – Ontario is reporting 132 new cases of COVID-19 in the province today, with the bulk of the new diagnoses concentrated in the Greater Toronto Area. Health Minister Christine Elliott tweeted that the city itself recorded 31 new cases, with neighbouring Peel region reporting 45. Elliott […]
By Shawn Jeffords The Canadian Press TORONTO–An escalating conflict between Premier Doug Ford’s government and four major teachers’ unions is headed to the province’s labour board as the unions allege Ontaro’s school reopening plan violates its own workplace safety laws. The unions – which represent 190,000 teachers and education workers […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA–An Ottawa-based consulting firm with a history of reviewing allegations of workplace harassment on Parliament Hill is being tasked to do so again at Rideau Hall. The Privy Council Office says it has hired Quintet Consulting Corp. to conduct a third-party investigation into allegations of a toxic […]
