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Gurratan Singh, the NDP critic for the Attorney General, said Premier Doug Ford is not only failing to take immediate action in long-term care, but by establishing a backroom premier’s commission that fails to do what a public inquiry must, he’s allowing long-standing problems to continue indefinitely.   “Over 1,840 people have died in long-term care during this pandemic. Those ...

Monique Taylor, NDP critic for Children and Youth Services, and Sol Mamakwa, NDP critic for Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation released the following statement in response to the Ford government’s announcement on children services on Wednesday.   “We share the desire of Indigenous communities, families and child welfare providers for real transformation of the child welfare system that centres on the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

On the 13th of May 2020, at approximately 3:00pm officers of the Thunder Bay OPP detachment responded to a report of human remains in the Wasp Road area which is an Unorganized area north of Highway 11/17 and west of Highway 527. The remains were located by a forest area worker and reported to the police. The scene was secured ...

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 ...

Le gouvernement de l’Ontario a annoncé qu’un nouveau foyer de soins de longue durée sera construit à l’emplacement de l’Hôpital d’Ajax et de Pickering (Lakeridge Health) en quelques mois seulement, plutôt qu’en plusieurs années. Ce projet s’inscrit dans le cadre du Programme pilote d’accélération de la construction de la province. En collaboration avec l’organisme Lakeridge Health et Infrastructure Ontario, la ...

The Ontario government is investing $1.6 million over two years to create a new Anti-Racism and Anti-Hate Grant program. This funding will support community-based anti-racism initiatives focusing on anti-Black racism, anti-Indigenous racism, anti-Semitism and Islamophobia. “Racism and hate will not be tolerated and our government is doing everything it can to protect people from being victimized because of their race ...

Le gouvernement de l’Ontario investit 1,6 million de dollars sur deux ans afin de créer un nouveau programme de subventions pour les activités de lutte contre la haine et le racisme. Cet investissement sera destiné aux initiatives communautaires de lutte contre le racisme ciblant surtout le racisme anti-Noirs, le racisme anti-Autochtones, l’antisémitisme et l’islamophobie. « Le racisme et la haine ...

The health and well-being of Canadians are the top priorities of the Governments of Canada and Ontario. But the COVID-19 pandemic has affected more than Canadians’ personal health. It is having a profound effect on the economy. That is why governments have been taking decisive action to support families, businesses and communities, and continue to look ahead to see what ...

La santé et le bien‑être des Canadiens sont les principales priorités des gouvernements du Canada et de l’Ontario. La pandémie de COVID-19 n’a pas seulement affecté la santé personnelle des Canadiens, elle a un effet marqué sur l’économie. C’est pourquoi les gouvernements prennent des mesures décisives pour soutenir les familles, les entreprises et les collectivités, et continuent de regarder vers ...

After a thorough assessment of the current COVID-19 pandemic, Sault College Athletics has decided to suspend its 2020/21 Men’s and Women’s American Collegiate Hockey Association hockey operations until November 2020. There will be a reassessment in October to determine if play could resume in January 2021. Unfortunately, our hockey programs face challenges similar to other leagues competing against teams from ...

NDP Municipal Affairs critic Jeff Burch (Niagara Centre) and NDP Transit critic Jessica Bell (University—Rosedale) are calling on the Ford government to commit to supporting municipalities over the long-term, after the government said Monday it would distribute “up to” $4 billion in one-time funding.   For two years before the pandemic, Doug Ford made deep cuts to municipalities, including cuts to ...

The Ontario government, in partnership with the federal government, is providing up to $4 billion in urgently needed one-time assistance to Ontario’s 444 municipalities. This funding will help local governments maintain the critical services people rely on every day, including public transit, over the next six to eight months. Details on specific allocations will be provided in the coming weeks. ...