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When it comes to credit card debt, Ontario cities are dominating the list for the highest debit in the country. The latest data from money.ca shows that seven of the country’s top 10 worst cities for credit card debt are from Ontario, with Barrie, Ont. taking the number one spot. …
Read More »More than 1,400 Waterloo Region HS students suspended over vaccination issues
Descrease article font size Increase article font size More than 1,400 high school students in Waterloo Region were suspended by Waterloo Public Health on Wednesday morning for having out-of-date vaccination records. A total of 1,428 pupils from the area have been suspended under the Immunization of School Pupils Act (ISPA). …
Read More »Nova Scotia mass shooting: progress report released on response to public inquiry – Halifax
By The Staff The Canadian Press Posted May 1, 2024 11:51 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size An independent committee released today its first report on how governments and the RCMP are responding to the inquiry into the 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia …
Read More »Poilievre allowed back in House of Commons after getting kicked out Tuesday – National
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre will be allowed back in the House of Commons on Wednesday for question period after Speaker Greg Fergus had kicked him out for refusing to withdraw comments calling Prime Minister Justin Trudeau a “wacko.” Speaker’s office spokesperson Mathieu Gravel says that under the standing orders of …
Read More »Quebec policy restricting gender-neutral bathrooms in schools comes into effect – Montreal
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted May 1, 2024 12:30 pm Updated May 1, 2024 12:31 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Quebec’s new rules banning the construction of shared gender-neutral bathrooms in schools come into effect today. The government directive requires that all …
Read More »Fatal industrial incident in Mississauga referred to Ministry of Labour
Peel Regional Police Told Global News they were called to an address on Wharton Glen Avenue around 4:45 p.m. on Monday for an industrial incident. News Source link
Read More »Quebec will invest in protecting French. Critics say the province is policing the private sphere
As Quebec says it will “go on the offensive” to protect French, announcing a whopping $600 million over five years on Sunday, some critics say the data the government is using lacks some nuance and that the province is “policing the private sphere.” At a press conference, Quebec French Language …
Read More »Ontario is banning cellphones in classrooms. What’s changing and how will it work?
The Ontario government says a provincewide approach to banning cellphones in classrooms will bring uniformity to the rules on devices and improve student concentration as it leans on parents to make the new policy possible. On Sunday, Education Minister Stephen Lecce announced new rules for vaping and cellphones that will …
Read More »Free-roaming feathered friends (mostly) welcomed with aplomb in Manitoba town
Souris, Man.’s heart and soul hinged on a historic swinging bridge that was lost to devastating flooding in 2011. While a replacement bridge was constructed in 2013, the community had a bit of an identity crisis, fearing tourists wouldn’t come just to see the new bridge. Turns out they were …
Read More »Calls grow for apology after Peel police chief meets Sri Lankan ‘torturer’
Pressure is mounting from members of the public and elected officials for the chief of one of Canada’s biggest police forces to apologize for meeting the notorious head of Sri Lankan police. Tamil Canadians, including Toronto city councillor Parthi Kandavel, are calling the visit “deeply upsetting to all Canadians.” Peel …
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