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For the third year in a row, there was a decline in the number of medical students who are seeking residency with family doctors, according to the Ontario Medical Association (OMA). “The OMA is concerned about the declining number of medical students choosing family medicine,” OMA president Dr. Andrew Park …
Read More »Matt Chapman declines Blue Jays’ qualifying offer
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted November 14, 2023 4:52 pm Updated November 14, 2023 4:55 pm Descrease article font size Increase article font size TORONTO – Third baseman Matt Chapman has declined the Toronto Blue Jays’ qualifying offer and remains a free agent. Chapman was one of seven players …
Read More »Workers reject MPI’s latest offer as lengthy strike continues – Winnipeg
By Kevin Hirschfield Global News Posted October 30, 2023 10:43 pm Updated October 30, 2023 11:35 pm Descrease article font size Increase article font size The MPI strike lasting more than two months will continue after the union representing the workers rejected an offer from the employer Monday. MGEU members …
Read More »Illuminated ‘ghost signs’ offer glimpse into history of Winnipeg’s Exchange District – Winnipeg
Some of the Exhange District’s fading advertisements will get a shiny new lease on life, beginning at this weekend’s Nuit Blanche festival. The downtown area is home to upwards of 150 ‘ghost signs’ — advertisements painted on the sides of buildings that are in various states of fading and decay, …
Read More »Xplore to offer faster rural satellite internet, alternative to Starlink after Jupiter 3 launch
Canadian rural internet provider Xplore Inc. plans to offer faster satellite internet to those in remote locations this fall following the launch of the Jupiter 3 satellite into space. The New Brunswick-based telecommunications company said the technology will provide a homegrown alternative to broadband internet service offered to rural Canadians …
Read More »Soleiman Faqiri’s family hopes November inquest into his death will offer answers
The family of a mentally ill man who died in an Ontario jail cell in 2016 expressed hope on Friday that a provincial inquest set to start later this year will provide answers about his death. Soleiman Faqiri died on Dec. 15, 2016, after being beaten, pepper sprayed and restrained …
Read More »LCBO workers protest against low wage offer in Bill 124 settlement
Whispers of dissatisfaction are echoing through the aisles of bottles and cans that fill Ontario’s liquor stores. On Saturday, unionized staff who run the province’s alcohol stores rallied at a downtown Toronto location, calling for wage increases and the introduction of more full-time jobs. At the heart of their concern …
Read More »New community hall in Portapique, N.S. to offer a chance at healing after mass shooting – Halifax
Nearly three years after a deadly rampage started in the small Nova Scotia community of Portapique, the community is finding ways to heal with the construction of a new community hall. Residents of Portapique are still dealing with the impacts of the April 2020 mass shooting — an event that …
Read More »Ford makes ‘recommendations’ on fed health deal as premiers agree to accept offer
Ontario Premier Doug Ford made “specific recommendations” on the sustainability of a new health-care deal, his office said Monday, as the country’s premiers agreed to formally accept Ottawa’s offer. Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson, the chair for the group of premiers known as the Council of the Federation, said they agreed …
Read More »Federal Green leader urges Mike Schreiner to think twice about Liberal offer
The leader of Ontario’s Green party is being urged to stick to his roots, even as Mike Schreiner contemplates a run for the leadership of another provincial political party. Schreiner is being courted by a group of Ontario Liberals who released an open letter asking him to consider abandoning the …
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