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L’Ontario dévoile une nouvelle approche novatrice pour accélérer la construction de foyers de soins de longue durée

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Le gouvernement de l’Ontario a annoncé le nouveau Programme pilote d’accélération de la construction, une initiative novatrice visant à mettre rapidement en chantier deux nouveaux foyers de soins de longue durée à Mississauga, en quelques mois seulement, plutôt qu’en plusieurs années. En collaboration avec l’organisme Trillium Health Partners et Infrastructure Ontario, la province entend ainsi aménager jusqu’à 640 nouveaux lits ...

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NDP MPP Gretzky tables motion, urges Ford to create COVID-19 Essential Caregiver Strategy

  NDP MPP Lisa Gretzky (Windsor West) will table a motion in the Legislature on Monday, urging the Ford government to immediately implement a COVID-19 Essential Caregiver Strategy that recognizes essential caregivers as more than just visitors, and gives residents in long-term care, groups homes and all congregate care settings the right to fully access their essential caregivers and support ...

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Ontario Moving More Regions into Stage 3

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The Ontario government is allowing seven more regions to enter Stage 3 on Friday, increasing the number of businesses and public spaces that will reopen across the province. This decision was made in consultation with the Chief Medical Officer of Health and is based on positive local trends of key public health indicators, including lower or low transmission of COVID-19, ...

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L’Ontario autorise davantage de régions à passer à la troisième étape du déconfinement

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Le gouvernement autorise sept autres régions de la province à passer à la troisième étape du déconfinement ce vendredi, ce qui permettra à un plus grand nombre d’entreprises et de lieux publics de rouvrir aux quatre coins de l’Ontario. Prise en consultation avec le médecin hygiéniste en chef, cette décision se fonde sur les tendances positives des principaux indicateurs de ...

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L’Ontario lance un nouvel outil en ligne pour voir les améliorations des routes

Le gouvernement de l’Ontario a lancé un nouvel outil en ligne qui fournit à la population de l’Ontario et aux entreprises de l’information sur les projets routiers dans leurs collectivités, y compris sur l’état d’avancement des projets déjà en cours et les grands projets de construction qui doivent avoir lieu dans l’avenir. Le nouvel outil en ligne fait partie du ...

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Ontario Launches New Online Tool For Viewing Highway Improvements

The Ontario government has released a new online tool that provides the people of Ontario and businesses with information about highway projects in their communities, including the status of projects that are already underway and major construction projects slated for the future. The new online tool is part of the government’s plan to keep highways safe and reliable, while supporting ...

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OPP – Seven Charged in Running Commercial Sex Trade

A commercial sex trade organization was dismantled on July 14, 2020 by the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Anti-Human Trafficking Investigation Coordination Team, the Canadian Border Services Agency, Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada and 12 Ontario police services. Seven persons have been charged with 32 criminal offences during the joint investigation, named Project Crediton. This commercial sex trade ...

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NW OPP – Spike in Drug Overdose Cases

Over the last two weeks, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) in the three communities of Kenora, Dryden and Fort Frances have responded to a number of drug overdoses; one being fatal.   The drug used has been described to police as “yellow down” or “purple down” and is believed to contain fentanyl. Fentanyl is an extremely potent opioid and is approximately ...

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Timmins to improve public transit with Federal and Provincial funding

Timmins received funding in an announcement yesterday for improvements to their public transit infrastructure. Terry Sheehan, Member of Parliament for Sault Ste. Marie, on behalf of the Honourable Catherine McKenna, Minister of Infrastructure and Communities; the Honourable Dave Smith, Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Energy, Northern Development and Mines and Indigenous Affairs and Member of Provincial Parliament for Peterborough-Kawartha ...

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Ontario Accelerating the Development of Long-Term Care Homes

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The Ontario government announced a redesigned funding model that will lead to the building of additional, modern long-term care homes providing seniors with the quality care they deserve. This new approach will help break down historic barriers and accelerate the construction of urgently needed long-term care projects, and new and redeveloped beds. Over the next five years, the government is ...

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L’Ontario accélère les travaux dans le secteur des soins de longue durée

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Le gouvernement de l’Ontario a annoncé un nouveau modèle de financement pour le secteur des soins de longue durée qui permettra la construction de nouveaux foyers modernes ou les aînés de l’Ontario recevront les soins de qualité qu’ils méritent. Cette nouvelle approche contribuera à éliminer les obstacles hérités du passé, à accélérer les travaux pour les projets urgents, à aménager ...

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Conservatives Call for Emergency Meeting

Conservative members of the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics have called for an emergency meeting to discuss Justin Trudeau’s $900 million scandal and to review the safeguards that are in place to prevent conflicts of interest in government procurement. MPs Michael Barrett, Damien Kurek, and Jacques Gourde today sent a letter to the Clerk of the ...

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Ontario Reaches Agreement with Flying Post First Nation on Historic Land Claim

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The Ontario government announced today the final settlement of a 115 year old land claim that addresses the shortfall of land received by Flying Post First Nation, as part of the James Bay Treaty (Treaty #9) that was originally signed in 1905. The $14.1 million settlement will contribute to the future economic prosperity of the First Nation. “I’m pleased that ...

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L’Ontario s’entend avec la Première Nation Flying Post à propos d’une revendication territoriale historique

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Le gouvernement de l’Ontario a annoncé aujourd’hui le règlement définitif d’une revendication territoriale qui remontait à plus de 115 ans et traitait de la cession insuffisante de terres à la Première Nation Flying Post dans le Traité de la Baie James (Traité no9) signé à l’origine en 1905. Les 14,1 millions de dollars octroyés à titre de règlement contribueront à ...

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