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Descrease article font size Increase article font size Highways across Manitoba will be getting facelifts over the coming months, and with that will come more traffic delays. With the announcement of a multi-year infrastructure strategy in March – and more than $500 million tagged for projects in 2023 alone – …
Read More »‘Excruciating delays’ at Ontario’s Landlord and Tenant Board: Ombudsman report
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted May 4, 2023 11:08 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size TORONTO — Ontario’s ombudsman says a backlog of cases at the Landlord and Tenant Board has grown to 38,000 and it is taking an average of seven or eight months — …
Read More »Manitoba farmers expecting delays, looking ahead to flood forecasts after April snow – Winnipeg
Although the region is about to be walloped by what meteorologists are calling a ‘significant’ snowfall, farmers in southern Manitoba say they’re more concerned about potential flooding this spring. David Laudin, who farms near Brunkild, Man., southwest of Winnipeg, spoke to 680 CJOB’s Connecting Winnipeg. “I’m concerned more with the …
Read More »Ontario blames Ottawa for potential delays to Highway 413 construction
The Ford government is blaming its federal counterparts as the prospect of a lengthy assessment of its key highway pledge threatens to delay the project. Provincial officials and the minister of transportation believe that the blame for future delays to the construction and creation of its Highway 413 project lies …
Read More »‘Overwhelmed, tired, exhausted’: CUPE workers rally outside London school board amid talk delays – London
The president of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario School Board Council Union is calling for a new collective agreement for education workers in London, Ont., saying “enough is enough.” Laura Walton was among a crowd of frustrated CUPE Local 4222 and Local 7575 workers who rallied outside …
Read More »Lytton, B.C. woman says insurance at risk over delays to rebuild fire-ravaged village
A Lytton, B.C., woman is calling on the province for help as she faces the potential loss of an insurance settlement over the loss of her home in the fire that razed the village to the ground. Tiffany Callewaert Haugan’s home was among the scores of properties destroyed when a …
Read More »Ambulance delays, shortages in Ontario worsen even as new funding flows
As Ontario’s health-care crisis intensified, the province was asked to double down on a policy created more than a decade ago to reduce how long ambulances are stuck in emergency rooms. In 2008, the then-Liberal government began employing nurses at Ontario hospitals to help unload ambulances and get paramedics back …
Read More »What led to holiday travel delays? Sunwing, airline execs set to face committee – National
MPs will hear testimony from Sunwing and other airline executives on Thursday in a highly anticipated committee meeting probing recent holiday travel delays. Members of the House of Commons Transport, Infrastructure and Communities committee will meet on Jan. 12 to hear from not only the airline executives, but airport authorities, …
Read More »Kingston city council delays eviction of people camped near Integrated Care Hub and Belle Park – Kingston
Kingston city council voted 8-5 in favour of delaying the eviction of the residents around the Integrated Care Hub until March 21. Multiple delegates spoke out against the city’s eviction of the unhoused residents at the Integrated Care Hub, with some speaking passionately about the work that the hub has …
Read More »Winnipeggers stuck in Mazatlán as cartel violence causes delays – Winnipeg
Winnipegger Scott Naherniak rang in the New Year with his family in Mazatlan, Mexico. The family of five wanted one last trip together before their oldest began university. “This was kind of our last hurrah before life carries on into a new chapter,” he said. But as they got ready …
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