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Descrease article font size Increase article font size Around 3.4 million people who sought pregnancy care and advice in Ontario between January 2010 and May 2023 were affected by a cybersecurity breach. Better Outcomes Registry and Network or “BORN” announced the breach in a statement on Monday. BORN was made …
Read More »Why experts say predictability is returning to Ontario’s real estate market
Before the days of bidding wars and bully offers, the real estate market used to be cyclical and fairly predictable. There was a spring market, which was typically the busiest time of year, and there was a fall market, where the action typically picked up following a quiet summer. However, …
Read More »A chronology of key events following Ontario’s decision to develop Greenbelt lands
Ontario Housing Minister Steve Clark apologized Thursday for his role in the government’s Greenbelt land swap, a day after the province’s integrity commissioner found he violated two sections of the Members Integrity Act. Here is a timeline of events in the controversy: Nov. 4, 2022: Municipal Affairs and Housing Minister …
Read More »Ontario’s Supercrawl to absorb shortfalls in funding amid increasing demand for government grants
A successful southern Ontario art crawl, which draws as many as 250,000 people in a weekend, will have to run its 2023 event with less financial help from two levels of government. Supercrawl, which turns Hamilton’s downtown into a music and arts festival every September, is set to run with …
Read More »Finance Minister Bethlenfalvy to release Ontario’s 1st quarter finances
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted August 14, 2023 6:04 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size TORONTO — Ontario’s Finance Minister is set to release the province’s first quarter finances today. Peter Bethlenfalvy is expected to present his fiscal update in the legislature at 10 a.m. Ontario’s …
Read More »‘Socks Off’ seeks to ward off Ontario’s high rate of diabetes-related foot amputations
An Ontario doctor says taking ‘Socks Off’ in a primary care setting could be a step in the right direction in reducing a rising number of lower limb amputations across the province connected with diabetes and vascular disease. Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) together with the Greater Hamilton Health Network (GHHN) …
Read More »Ontario’s lower child care fees could see 100,000 more women in workforce: report
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted May 16, 2023 11:30 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size TORONTO — Ontario’s financial watchdog says $10-a-day child care has the potential to see nearly 100,000 more women enter the labour market, but only if the government creates more daycare spaces. …
Read More »‘Excruciating delays’ at Ontario’s Landlord and Tenant Board: Ombudsman report
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted May 4, 2023 11:08 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size TORONTO — Ontario’s ombudsman says a backlog of cases at the Landlord and Tenant Board has grown to 38,000 and it is taking an average of seven or eight months — …
Read More »No fines issued by hospitals under Ontario’s new long-term care law: province, OHA
No one has been fined in Ontario so far under a new law that can require patients to pay a daily $400 penalty if they refuse to move from a hospital to a long-term care home not of their choosing, the province and its hospitals say. But families and advocates …
Read More »Judge dismisses youth climate lawsuit over Ontario’s greenhouse gas targets
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted April 19, 2023 4:33 pm Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Ontario Superior Court has dismissed a constitutional challenge from seven youth activists who argued the province is discriminating against young people by setting greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets dangerously low, …
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