Ontario is seeking to recruit more nurses in underserved communities, permanently boost the pay of personal support workers, and maintain a stockpile of personal protective equipment. The measures are some of the items in what the province is calling a Plan to Stay Open, which aims to ensure Ontario is […]
Canada
By Jordan Press
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA – The federal families minister says coming child-care legislation will enshrine a long-term role for Ottawa in the daycare system – and the new deal with the New Democrats gives them some time to get it right. Karina Gould says the legislation would also put into law the principles […]
By Sarah Ritchie
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA – Including striking workers in a proposed anti-scab bill was a “major component” of negotiations while hashing out a confidence and supply agreement with the Liberal government, according to the NDP. The deal promises to introduce a new law by the end of next year that would ban the […]
By Kelly Geraldine Malone
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
Mounties have laid a new charge against a Roman Catholic priest who has previously avoided trial for multiple allegations of sexual abuse linked to his time in Nunavut. RCMP said a Canada-wide arrest warrant has been issued for Johannes Rivoire, who is in his 90s and lives in Lyon, France. […]
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Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard has been charged in Quebec with sexual assault and forcible confinement. Nygard, who is also facing sex-related charges in Toronto and the United States, is scheduled to appear in court in Montreal on Tuesday, according to the Quebec prosecutor’s office. An arrest warrant issued in […]
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Ontario parents of children aged five and under in child care will start getting rebates in May as part of a $10.2-billion deal the province has signed with the federal government. The rebates, retroactive to April 1, will be for a fee reduction of up to 25 per cent and […]
OTTAWA – Randy Hillier, an independent member of Ontario’s legislature, surrendered to Ottawa police on Monday to face nine charges related to his involvement in the protest that seized the core of the national capital last month. The Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston member arrived at police headquarters early in the morning and told […]
By Marie Woolf
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA – Elections Canada has apologized to voters in three Ontario First Nations communities after breakdowns in communication led to them being denied their right to vote in the last election. An inquiry by the elections body found that fly-in communities in the riding of Kenora had their local polling […]
By Noushin Ziafati
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
Three children and two adults died in an early-morning house fire in Brampton, Ont. on Monday, as firefighters risked their lives to battle the flames, a fire chief said. Brampton Fire Chief Bill Boyes said local fire crews were met with heavy smoke and flames when they arrived on the […]
By Kelly Geraldine Malone
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
ROME – The president of the Metis National Council says she feels Pope Francis has committed to a journey of justice after a meeting with the head of the Roman Catholic Church at the Vatican. “He repeated ‘truth, justice and healing’ and I take that as a personal commitment,” said […]
By Kelly Geraldine Malone
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
Cristino Bouvette’s mind often goes to his grandmother when he thinks about reconciliation: her strength, her empathy and her ability to forgive. He is a Roman Catholic priest and his kokum, Amelia Mae Bouvette, was a residential school survivor. “She was a woman of deep faith,” Bouvette says from Calgary. […]
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Ontario is extending a tuition freeze for college and university students through next year. Colleges and Universities Minister Jill Dunlop says the Progressive Conservative government wants to reduce financial barriers and financial strain on families. The province had reduced tuition fees by 10 per cent for the 2019 to 2020 […]
