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By Staff The Canadian Press Posted May 24, 2023 6:33 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size TORONTO — Advocacy groups, teachers’ unions and food banks are calling on the Ontario government to provide a free breakfast and lunch program in schools across the province. In a letter …

Descrease article font size Increase article font size New Ukrainian immigrants were offered free dental care and wellness strategies at the Saskatchewan Polytechnic campus in Regina on Saturday with the help of over 160 students and volunteers. Each year, the campus chooses a different group of people in need for …

Descrease article font size Increase article font size It’s spring break, but that doesn’t mean kids can’t mix some learning in with their fun while schools are closed. With a week of free, family-friendly programming, the Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR) is hoping to give the youngest Manitobans an …

Manitoba’s Opposition NDP is promising free birth control if it wins the provincial election in October. The party says in a news release that under its plan, the provincial government would cover the full cost of dozens of commonly used birth-control methods, including oral contraceptives, copper and hormonal intrauterine devices, …

Now comes the waiting for Jeremy O’Day. According to CFL sources last week, the Saskatchewan Roughriders GM reached agreements in principle with quarterback Trevor Harris and receiver Jake Wieneke during the CFL’s free-agent negotiating window. The sources spoke on the condition of anonymity as deals reached during that time couldn’t …

Brampton’s mayor is proposing a pilot program to combat a significant rise in auto thefts that would see free Faraday bags given to residents in the city. Patrick Brown said that the bags would be distributed to thousands of car owners in five areas of Brampton. Faraday bags are “inexpensive …

Ontario is expanding a grant that sees the province pay for tuition for students who enrol in some health-care programs. The province’s Learn and Stay grant, first announced back in March 2022, will now cover tuition and other costs for paramedic and medical laboratory technologist programs in return for individuals …

Excitement fills the room at the Rowan Tree Collective as a small group of young adults scan the Bingo cards in front of them, searching for the latest number called.  Someone leaps from their seat and frantically shouts “Bingo.” Friends and family cheer them on as they rush over to claim their prize.  This space is something …

When a Massachusetts doctor with Newfoundland ties heard Fogo Island has been without a permanent family doctor since June, he knew he wanted to help. But Dr. Paul Hart’s offer of three months of his medical services — for free — ran into licensing problems with the College of Physicians …

Haweya Farah’s family is in a dispute with her 10-year-old brother’s Ottawa-area school and its school board, Conseil des écoles publiques de l’Est de l’Ontario (CEPEO).  The fifth grader has been in a specialized-language program without the consent of his parents, Farah said. Often families like Farah’s don’t know where …