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This winter marked the shortest ice road season anyone can remember on Temagami First Nation. There were just 11 days when the road – a roughly seven-kilometre stretch of packed snow and ice connecting the island First Nation to the mainland – was open. That meant delayed projects, tougher access …
Read More »Ontario hospitals, LTC homes spent nearly $1B on agency staff last year
Hospitals and long-term care homes spent nearly $1 billion last year to fill shifts with nurses and personal support workers from private staffing agencies, a Ministry of Health document estimates. A November 2023 staffing agency update obtained by The Canadian Press through a freedom-of-information request shows that agency use increased …
Read More »Tensions between Ontario, federal governments flare on affordable housing
A tense war of words is brewing between the Trudeau and Ford governments over how affordable homes are provided in Ontario, with the federal government saying hundreds of millions of dollars are at risk. On Thursday, Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Sean Fraser wrote to his provincial counterpart Paul …
Read More »Witness heard ‘sputtering’ from Ontario family’s plane before crashing in Nashville: report
A preliminary report from U.S. authorities probing a plane crash in Tennessee that killed a family of five from Ontario said one witness heard “sputtering” and “popping” sounds from the aircraft’s engine moments before it crashed alongside a highway west of downtown Nashville. Friday’s report from the National Transportation Safety …
Read More »Ontario extends program that helps rural and northern hospitals avoid ER closures
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted March 22, 2024 6:07 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Ontario is extending a program that helps rural and northern hospitals avoid temporary ER closures for another six months. The province established what’s now known as the Temporary Locum …
Read More »31 arrests in auto theft crackdown operation by police in Ontario, Montreal
Ontario and Montreal police say they are cracking down on the increase in auto theft through a joint effort officially announced Friday. Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and Montreal police held a press conference to detail the results of a significant interprovincial operation dubbed Project Volcano. The initiative was targeted at bringing individuals before …
Read More »Ford government considered ‘many things’ in Ontario Place redevelopment
Ontario’s Infrastructure Minister Kinga Surma says the Ford government is proceeding with plans to build parkland alongside a spa at Ontario Place after newly released documents suggested that it considered, at one point, paving over a small part of the lake. Documents obtained by the Ontario NDP made reference in …
Read More »Auto theft: Ontario and Montreal police reportedly working on joint investigation
Members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are in Montreal this week for a joint operation. Details are slim, but media reports suggest the forces are working together on an investigation regarding stolen cars. An OPP command post was parked Wednesday at a Montreal police east operations centre in St-Léonard. …
Read More »An Ontario city smashed its new housing targets by 250%. But are prices going down?
This article is the fourth in Global News’ Spring Housing Buzz series, where we will investigate a number of different areas related to the spring real estate market in Ontario. You can read Part 1 here, Part 2 here and Part 3 here. On paper, Kingston, Ont., is doing everything …
Read More »Internal plans reveal potential ‘phase 2’ in controversial Ontario Place redevelopment
The Ford government is facing fresh questions over its plans to redevelop Ontario Place after new documents suggest the province considered filling in a portion of Lake Ontario to create a new development space. Internal government documents obtained by the Ontario NDP and provided to Global News refer to “Phase …
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