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Four museums in the Temiskaming Shores and Cobalt area have been unsuccessful this year in obtaining funding through the Canada Summer Student Jobs program. The Bunker Military Museum, the Cobalt Mining Museum, the Haileybury Heritage Museum and the Little Claybelt Homesteaders Museum all have to find other ways to fund students …
Read More »Bill 124 retroactive pay costs Ontario government nearly $1B
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Ford government has been forced to give health-care workers nearly a billion dollars in back pay after a court struck down the province’s controversial wage suppression legislation. The 2019 law, known as Bill 124, capped wage increases for nurses and other public …
Read More »Ontario has $4 billion more for health care than needed for current programs: FAO
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted May 31, 2023 11:25 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size Ontario’s fiscal watchdog says the province has $4.4 billion more allocated to health-care than what’s needed to fund current programs and commitments made until 2026. The Financial Accountability Office of Ontario …
Read More »Ontario abandons proposal to sever farmland lots in response to farmer opposition
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted May 30, 2023 11:21 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size Ontario has backed off a housing proposal that farmers say would have had a “catastrophic” impact on farmland and livestock operations. Municipal Affairs and Housing Minister Steve Clark proposed a series …
Read More »Métis Nation of Ontario accused of recasting First Nations’ ancestors as Métis
Across the country, there has been a growing dispute within the Métis Nation over who is, and isn’t, Métis. “The Red River Métis and the historic Métis Nation need to stand up for what we actually are,” said Will Goodon of the Manitoba Métis Federation. “We’re not just a mixture, …
Read More »No winning ticket sold for Friday’s $60 million Lotto Max jackpot
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted May 27, 2023 11:13 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size There was no winning ticket sold in Friday’s Lotto Max $60 million draw. However, one of six available Maxmillion prizes of $1 million each was won by a ticket holder in …
Read More »Ontario hospitals prepare and brace for summer ER staffing challenges
TORONTO — Hospitals in smaller and rural Ontario communities have been recruiting, training, and poring over schedules in the hopes of avoiding another summer wave of temporary ER closures — though the problem never really went away. Staffing shortages led hospitals to close their emergency departments for hours or even …
Read More »99% of Ontario nursing homes now have air conditioning in residents’ rooms: minister
Nearly 99 per cent of nursing homes in Ontario now have air conditioning in residents’ rooms, almost a year after the province set a deadline for the requirement. Long-Term Care Minister Paul Calandra said only nine of the 625 nursing homes in Ontario remain without air conditioning in resident rooms. …
Read More »An Ontario single mom who couldn’t afford fresh food helping others with rising costs
An initiative that started to help out her family and neighbours in London, Ont., struggling with the cost of food during the pandemic is now helping ensure 76 families’ fridges are full. Leah Dyck, 34, the founder of the VanDyck Foundation which runs Fresh Food Weekly, said she started the …
Read More »Turning potato peels into yoga pants? Yes, Ontario researchers want to do that
Researchers in Ontario say they are working on plans to turn food waste, such as potato peels and corn stalks, into plastic and nylon that can be used to create everyday items such as yoga pants. The Ontario Genomics’ new wasteCANcreate program looks to use genomics to help divert tons …
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