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Amy Wesselink turned her life upside down so she could head back to school this month, but a delay in her Ontario student funding has her worried she’s going to have to drop out with nearly $8,000 in tuition fees coming due. A hairdresser and a single mom of four, Wesselink says her income sank amid COVID-19 public health measures. …
Read More »Defence lawyers to stage walkout in Edmonton and Calgary Friday over legal aid funding
Alberta defence lawyers will stage a 90-minute courthouse walkout in Edmonton and Calgary on Friday morning, to protest the lack of progress in their fight with the provincial government for increased legal aid funding. The planned walkout will take place between 9 and 10:30 a.m. The demonstration is the latest salvo in …
Read More »B.C. family doctors say $118M funding boost is a Band-Aid solution for long-term crisis
B.C. family doctors say a $118-million funding boost from the province will help with high overhead costs in the short-term but won’t address the mounting health-care crisis. More than a million British Columbians are without a family doctor. Family physicians are increasingly leaving their practices due to the mounting costs …
Read More »Defence lawyers vote for job action over Legal Aid Alberta funding
Hundreds of defence lawyers from across Alberta are set to take job action in August and September after an unsatisfactory response from the province around legal aid funding. A Thursday press release from the Criminal Defence Lawyers’ Association of Calgary, the Criminal Trial Lawyers’ Association of Edmonton, and the Southern …
Read More »More than 500 Canadian gymnasts call on Sport Minister to freeze funding
More than 500 Canadian gymnasts are calling on Canada’s Sport Minister to freeze funding to their national sport organization. In a public letter Thursday to Minister Pascale St-Onge — and after four months of “sharing devastating stories” of years of abuse — Gymnasts for Change, which represents 508 athletes, are …
Read More »3 years after OSAP overhaul, many Ontario students still struggling to get funding they need
When Alexis Da Ponte was accepted to her desired program at York University — a Bachelor of Fine Arts concurrent with a Bachelor of Education — she was thrilled to begin a new chapter of her life this fall. “I am the first to go to university… Both my parents after high school, went …
Read More »Sask. government under fire for funding independent schools run by anti-LGBTQ churches
Amid Pride celebrations across Saskatchewan, experts are raising concern over the provincial government’s decision to boost funding for certain independent schools that are operated by churches with anti-LGBTQ policies. Last month, the province formally announced the 21 independent and four “historical” schools in Saskatchewan that will receive $17.5 million in …
Read More »Vietnam-based Timo Bank raises $20M led by Square Peg, its first outside funding since its 2015 founding, as it aims to acquire a digital banking license (Deepti Sri/Tech in Asia)
Deepti Sri / Tech in Asia: Vietnam-based Timo Bank raises $20M led by Square Peg, its first outside funding since its 2015 founding, as it aims to acquire a digital banking license — Vietnam-based Timo Bank has raised US$20 million in a fresh financing round led by Square Peg, a …
Read More »At $131 million, funding for Indian online gaming platforms at 6-year high in 2020
The pandemic-induced lockdown forced most people in the country to take to the Internet for their everyday needs. Online gaming platforms were among the beneficiaries from this trend and this is reflected in the investments that the segment attracted last year. According to data from Tracxn, a firm that tracks …
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