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By Staff The Canadian Press Posted April 1, 2024 7:24 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Trains aren’t the only place Canada lags on high-speed rail, as the effort to bring in a faster payment system, known as the Real-Time Rail, is years behind …
Read More »Victims, advocates call for changes to justice system and Ontario courts
Cait Alexander stood shoulder-to-shoulder with NDP MPP and Attorney General critic Kristyn Wong-Tam Thursday morning, calling for reforms to the justice system. Alexander says criminal proceedings against her ex-boyfriend have been cancelled twice. “A restraining order — that is the only resolution the Canadian justice system could muster for my …
Read More »‘It will not be fine’: Winnipeg youth system needs revamp in light of increased crime, advocate says – Winnipeg
A recent spate of violent crimes committed by Winnipeg youth — with the youngest suspect only 13 years old — is a sign that the entire system is broken and must be re-evaluated, a local advocate says. Inner City Youth Alive’s Kent Dueck says there needs to be quicker intervention …
Read More »No home. No options: Ontario Indigenous kids ‘damaged’ by system sending them south
As Megean Taylor walks along the main gravel road of Asubpeeschoseewagong First Nation, she stops and flinches in front of a white home with broken windows, covered in plywood. She lived alone in the home when she was a teenager in the First Nation, also known as Grassy Narrows, in …
Read More »Councillor says Toronto island tax system ‘smells of privilege’ – Toronto
A city councillor says his motion before Toronto’s executive committee requesting a closer look at island tax rates is all about ensuring equity in the city, though residents of the small harbour neighbourhood are accusing him of misrepresenting the facts. There are about 260 homes on Toronto’s harbour islands and …
Read More »Work on bypass system continues, risk of more sewage spill in Winnipeg remains – Winnipeg
The City of Winnipeg continues to advise residents of the city’s south end to watch their water usage after a second pump was installed on a bypass system at the Fort Garry Bridge. The work on the system commenced following days of sewage spilling into the Red River by the …
Read More »Advocacy group accuses Ontario of trying to ‘dismantle’ public health-care system
A health-care advocacy group in Ontario is accusing the Ford government of deliberately underfunding public health care to benefit for-profit clinics in the province. A new report by the Ontario Health Coalition has compiled a master list of unused operating room capacity — space the organization says the government could …
Read More »Ontario reaches deal with teachers in French-language public system
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted February 15, 2024 4:12 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Ontario Education Minister Stephen Lecce says the province has reached a deal with teachers in the French-language public system. The news comes weeks after members of the Association …
Read More »International students have mixed feelings about visa cap, say system needs review
At a bustling college campus west of Toronto, several students had been thinking about recently announced changes to the international student program that brought them to the post-secondary institution. Some were sympathizing with friends back home whose dreams of studying in Canada were suddenly in jeopardy as Ottawa has moved …
Read More »High uncertainty in system track as ‘potent storm’ set to hit southern Ontario
A “potent storm” likely bringing strong, possibly damaging winds is expected to hit southern Ontario next week, though significant uncertainty remains regarding its track and what precipitation type areas will see. Meteorologists are tracking the system that’s set to develop over Texas before eventually moving into the Great Lakes. “We …
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