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Shop, Taste, Experience Local and WIN

Buy Algoma, Buy Local wants you to jump in your car and hit The Local Food Trail- a self-guided local food adventure! With chances to win three grand prizes, this food adventure provides extra incentive to support local. From August 1st to September 30th, taste some incredible locally-inspired dishes, shop for local products, and learn from the locals at over ...

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L’Ontario annonce de nouvelles initiatives sur les recommandations de l’Enquête publique sur les foyers de soins de longue durée

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Aujourd’hui, l’Ontario a publié deux rapports et annoncé de nouvelles initiatives qui donnent suite aux recommandations formulées par l’honorable Eileen E. Gillese, commissaire de l’Enquête publique sur les foyers de soins de longue durée, qui rendront les soins de longue durée plus sûrs et plus solides, aujourd’hui et à l’avenir. Le Rapport de l’Enquête Gillese fait le point sur les ...

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Ontario Announces New initiatives on recommendations from Long-Term Care Homes Public Inquiry

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Today, Ontario released two reports and announced new initiatives that further deliver on recommendations made by the Honourable Eileen E. Gillese, Commissioner of the Long-Term Care Homes Public Inquiry, that will make long-term care safer and stronger, now and in the future. The “Report Back on the Gillese Inquiry” provides an update on accomplishments in four key areas recommended by ...

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L’Ontario continue de rouvrir les centres de garde d’enfants de façon progressive et sécuritaire pour aider les parents qui travaillent

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Aujourd’hui, le gouvernement de l’Ontario a annoncé son plan visant à autoriser les centres de garde agréés de l’Ontario à rouvrir à plein régime, à partir du 1er septembre 2020. Cette décision a été prise en consultation avec le médecin-hygiéniste en chef et le Groupe de commandement pour la lutte contre la COVID-19. Les parents pourront ainsi retourner au travail en ...

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Ontario Marks World Day Against Trafficking in Persons

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Today, Jill Dunlop, Associate Minister of Children and Women’s Issues and Sylvia Jones, Solicitor General, released the following statement on World Day Against Trafficking in Persons: “Today, we join countries around the globe on World Day Against Trafficking in Persons to raise awareness about human trafficking, one of the fastest-growing crimes worldwide. This year’s theme focuses on first responders working ...

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L’Ontario marque la Journée mondiale de la lutte contre la traite d’êtres humains

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Aujourd’hui, Jill Dunlop, ministre associée déléguée au dossier de l’Enfance et à la Condition féminine, et Sylvia Jones, solliciteure générale, ont publié la déclaration suivante sur la Journée mondiale de la lutte contre la traite d’êtres humains : « Nous nous joignons aujourd’hui aux pays du monde entier en cette Journée mondiale de la lutte contre la traite d’êtres humains pour mieux ...

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East Algoma OPP – Charges Laid in Historical Assault

On July 29, 2020, shortly after 7:30 p.m., members from the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a disturbance in the Town of Blind River. It was reported that a person was intoxicated yelling and using profanity. During the course of the investigation into the disturbance, it was disclosed to police that a sexual assault ...

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Move Over!

With roads about to get busier during the Civic Holiday long weekend, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) will have its sights set on drivers who do not slow down and safely move over a lane for roadside emergency vehicles. So far this year, the OPP has laid more than 400 charges against drivers who failed to move over one lane ...

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Ontario Launches Independent Long-Term Care COVID-19 Commission

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The Ontario government launched an independent commission into COVID-19 and long-term care. Three commissioners will investigate how COVID-19 spread within long-term care homes, how residents, staff, and families were impacted, and the adequacy of measures taken by the province and other parties to prevent, isolate and contain the virus. The commission will also provide the government with guidance on how ...

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Toronto and Peel Region Move into Stage 3

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Additional businesses and public spaces will be reopening as the Ontario government allows the City of Toronto and Peel Region to move into Stage 3 of reopening the province on Friday, July 31 at 12:01 a.m. This decision was made in consultation with the Chief Medical Officer of Health and local medical officers of health. It is based on positive ...

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Toronto et la région de Peel passent à l’étape 3

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Le gouvernement de l’Ontario autorise la Ville de Toronto et la région de Peel à passer à la 3e étape du déconfinement de la province à compter du vendredi 31 juillet à minuit une, ce qui permettra à un plus grand nombre d’entreprises et de lieux publics de rouvrir. Cette décision a été prise en consultation avec le médecin hygiéniste ...

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East Algoma OPP – Lay 25th Impaired Charge after Vehicle is found in ditch

On July 27, 2020, shortly after 2:00 p.m., members from the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and the Algoma District Paramedic Services responded to a single Motor Vehicle Collision where pick-up truck entered in a ditch on Lakeshore Drive in Tarbutt-Tarbutt Additional Township.   While speaking to the driver, the officer determined that alcohol had been ...

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New Long-term Care Home to be built in Ajax Pickering by 2021

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The Ontario government announced that a new long-term care home will be built at Lakeridge Health’s Ajax Pickering Hospital site in months, not years. The project is part of the province’s Accelerated Build Pilot Program. By working with Lakeridge Health and Infrastructure Ontario, the province intends to build up to 320 new long-term care beds by 2021 at this site. The ...

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