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A large Toronto child-care operator is rolling back raises for staff, laying the blame on how the Ontario government is funding the national $10-a-day program. The Learning Enrichment Foundation, which has 25 centres across the city, told parents in a recent letter that it had made the difficult decision to reduce pay …

Guelph Dance is in need of funding. The local charitable arts organization is looking to raise money after not receiving operational funding from the city of Guelph for the first time in over 20 years. Managing director Adriana Rosselli said the group has launched a fundraising campaign, generating around $10,000 …

Funding for a sexual violence resource in Pinawa, Man., has been restored after it was cut last month. On April 3, Ottawa’s justice department emailed Survivor’s Hope Crisis Centre (SHCC) that funding for its Sexual Assault Recovery and Healing (SARAH) program had stopped a few days prior. It left the …

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Biomedical researchers at the University of Manitoba working on responses to future pandemics are getting some hefty funding from the federal government. Winnipeg South MP Terry Duguid announced Thursday that more than $56 million — through the Canada Biomedical Research Fund and …

A question mark hovers over public transportation in Winnipeg, after a recent report uncovered millions of dollars in funding left wanting. According to This is the End of The Line, a new report by transportation planning firm Leading Mobility, Winnipeg Transit is facing a $37-million operating budget shortfall. Transit is …

The Manitoba government said it was open to discussions Tuesday after facing criticism for cutting support to a major summer job program. The NDP government, elected in October, has reduced funding to the Green Team program this year by $4 million, to $5.6 million. The program helps non-profits, municipalities and …

Jasmine Flynn grew up in a house where both her parents struggled with addiction before her mother eventually passed away after a fentanyl overdose in 2021. Flynn said she has her “own lived experience with homeless and drug use and street life culture” but is currently in a good place, …

Stagnant provincial funding and a years-long tuition freeze are “undermining” student success at post-secondary institutions, according to Ontario universities, which are pleading with the Ford government for more money in 2024. The province launched its pre-budget consultations this week, allowing a variety of stakeholders that rely on money from Queen’s …

It is not exactly a Christmas miracle, but the Royal City Mission in Guelph will be able to keep the doors to their daytime drop-in program open throughout the winter months. City council passed a motion to fund the program, which will allow the mission to extend their daytime services …

Descrease article font size Increase article font size One of Toronto’s biggest summer festivals, Taste of the Danforth, is in jeopardy for 2024 if it can’t meet a major budget shortfall. The local Business Improvement Area, GreekTown on the Danforth BIA, had its annual general meeting on Tuesday and found …