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Families and community members decried the loss of a beloved institution Sunday after the Ontario Science Centre abruptly and permanently shut its doors last week amid concerns over the state of its roof. The provincial government already had plans to move the 55-year-old science centre from its current location to Ontario Place when it …
Read More »Federal disaster adaptation fund meant to last over a decade is more than half spent
A federal program meant to provide provinces and municipalities with funding for disaster-resilient infrastructure projects is oversubscribed and running out of money years before it’s set to expire. The government launched the Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund (DMAF) in 2018 with an initial budget of $2 billion over 10 years. It …
Read More »Canada’s nuclear waste agency says it was scammed out of $300K meant for First Nation in Ontario
The agency in charge of Canada’s nuclear waste says an alleged cyber criminal posing as an Indigenous chief managed to cheat the organization into paying the person almost $300,000, money meant for community development at a First Nation in Ontario. The funds were the second of two payments totalling $600,000 from the Nuclear Waste …
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