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Le gouvernement de l’Ontario a nommé Cathy Fooks comme nouvelle ombudsman des patients de l’Ontario, afin d’aider à améliorer la qualité des soins et des soutiens prodigués aux personnes dans les hôpitaux, les foyers de soins de longue durée et à domicile pour ceux qui reçoivent des soins à domicile et en milieu communautaire. « Cathy Fooks possède plus de ...

Northern Policy Institute’s (NPI) focus last year was all about population growth in Ontario’s Northern Regions. From Matchmakers helping build connections for potential new arrivals in our communities, to analyzing data to inform and shape the new federal rural and northern immigration pilot, and through ongoing capacity building with our Experience North program. In collaboration with others, NPI is helping northerners and new arrivals to ...

L’année dernière, l’Institut des politiques du Nord (IPN) s’est concentré sur la croissance de la population dans les régions du nord de l’Ontario. Des intermédiaires pour aider à créer des liens pour les nouveaux arrivants potentiels dans nos communautés, à l’analyse des données pour informer et façonner le nouveau programme pilote d’immigration dans les communautés rurales et du Nord, en ...

Chris Glover, Ontario NDP Colleges and Universities critic, released the following statement in response to the Ford government’s announcement about a limited return to classrooms this summer for post-secondary students who need to do to so to complete their degree: “While this is a relief for some students who will now be able to complete their degrees, Minister Ross Romano’s ...

As part of the Ontario government’s Stage 2 reopening plan, more facilities and services will be available at provincial parks in certain regions beginning on June 12, 2020. Gradually over the next several weeks, Ontario Parks will start opening campgrounds, providing more washrooms and drinking water, along with roofed accommodations, park store and rental operations, visitor centres, and sports fields. ...

Dans le cadre de la deuxième étape du déconfinement du gouvernement de l’Ontario, davantage d’installations et de services seront autorisés dans les parcs provinciaux de certaines régions à partir du 12 juin 2020. Parcs Ontario commencera à rouvrir les terrains de camping, avec les toilettes et l’eau potable, ainsi que les hébergements avec toiture, les magasins et les services de ...

At 7 p.m. the Special Weather Statements were cancelled.   Jun 10, 2020 at 14:39 – 1:07 PM EDT Wednesday 10 June 2020 Special weather statement in effect for (grey areas): Agawa – Lake Superior Park Sault Ste. Marie – St. Joseph Island Searchmont – Montreal River Harbour – Batchawana Bay Wind gusts to 80 km/h possible this afternoon. A ...

Premier Doug Ford is asking child care centres to open as soon as Friday, with three days’ notice – but he’s not providing the financial support that is required and he’s counting on enough parents not sending their kids back to daycare. With fewer kids and higher costs for screening, personal protective equipment, and cleaning, Ford may be setting child ...

The Ontario government is opening a new leading edge Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Communications Centre in London. This new high-tech facility will provide officers and civilian staff with the modern communications technology needed to better serve and protect communities in Ontario. “Our government recognizes that provincial police officers continually encounter new challenges on the job, whether it’s enforcing the law ...

Le gouvernement de l’Ontario ouvre un nouveau Centre de communication de la Police provinciale, ultramoderne, à London. Ce nouveau centre haute technologie fournira aux agents et au personnel civil la technologie de communication moderne dont ils ont besoin pour mieux servir et protéger les collectivités de l’Ontario.« Notre gouvernement reconnaît que les policiers provinciaux ne cessent de se heurter à de ...

Today, the Ontario government announced its plan to reopen child care centres across the province to support the next stage of the province’s reopening framework. Developed in consultation with Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health and medical leaders at The Hospital for Sick Children, the plan will require child care operators to follow strict health protocols to ensure the safety ...

Le gouvernement de l’Ontario a annoncé aujourd’hui ses plans pour la réouverture des centres de garde d’enfants, qui appuieront la prochaine étape du cadre visant le déconfinement de la province. Élaborés en consultation avec le médecin hygiéniste en chef et les responsables médicaux de The Hospital for Sick Children, ces plans exigent des exploitants des centres de garde qu’ils respectent ...

The Government of Canada remains committed to protecting the health and safety of Canadians and reducing the spread of COVID-19 in Canada.  The Government recognizes however that the temporary border measures put in place to fight the spread of COVID-19, while necessary, have created challenges for some families. The Government has therefore been looking at ways to keep families together ...

The Ontario government announced today that it intends to take action to protect commercial tenants from being locked out or having their assets seized by their landlords due to the negative impacts of COVID-19. The proposed changes to the Commercial Tenancies Act would, if passed, temporarily halt evictions of businesses that are eligible for federal/provincial rent assistance. If passed, the legislation would ...