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Descrease article font size Increase article font size Region of Waterloo councillors took steps to alleviate concerns some Cambridge residents may have had with plans to redevelop an old daycare. As a motion was being passed on the site at a council meeting on Wednesday night, Cambridge resident Nathan Whalen …
Read More »Most kids with autism won’t get core therapy funding soon: Ontario ministry document
TORONTO — Most of the children in Ontario waiting for publicly funded core autism therapy will not receive it any time soon, the government says in an internal assessment obtained by The Canadian Press. Days into his new role this spring as Minister of Children, Community and Social Services, Michael …
Read More »Ontario regions face ambulance pressures; province won’t release offload delay data
Several Ontario municipalities say their paramedic services are under immense pressure, with worrying stretches of times during which no ambulances are available to respond to calls — but the province doesn’t track the problem. The government does have data on the hours paramedics spend waiting in emergency rooms to transfer …
Read More »Winnipeg family gets creative with summer fun that won’t break the bank – Winnipeg
A Winnipeg family is getting creative during their children’s break from school — without breaking the bank. Rae Metcalfe recently put together a list of at least 100 free and inexpensive activities, to make this summer accessible and affordable for their two kids. Metcalfe’s family’s dollars aren’t going as far …
Read More »Ontario won’t declare intimate partner violence an epidemic following inquest
TORONTO — Ontario is rejecting calls from a coroner’s inquest into the deaths of three women at the hands of their former partner to formally declare intimate partner violence an epidemic. The jury at a coroner’s inquest into the 2015 deaths of Nathalie Warmerdam, Carol Culleton and Anastasia Kuzyk in …
Read More »Singh says NDP won’t trigger election over Johnston, interference. Why? – National
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is defending his party’s decision not to make its motion calling for David Johnston to step down as special rapporteur binding and says an election does not “make sense” if the goal is protecting Canada’s democracy. Singh told The West Block’s Mercedes Stephenson in an interview …
Read More »Winnipeg Blue Bombers quarterback Zach Collaros won’t play in exhibition finale – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Winnipeg Blue Bombers starting quarterback Zach Collaros will only be a spectator when the club has their final exhibition audition on Friday. Collaros played into the second quarter in Saturday’s pre-season win over the Edmonton Elks, but he won’t take a single …
Read More »Ontario government, Bell won’t say how much money they made from inmate phone calls
TORONTO — Neither Bell Canada nor the Ontario government will say how much money they made from a jail phone system that charged what lawyers describe as “exorbitant” rates for inmate calls over eight years. Bell operated the Offender Telephone Management System from 2013 to 2021 — which allowed inmates …
Read More »Waterloo region won’t ask province to close controversial highway off-ramps
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The plan to ask the province to close the ramps between Highway 85 and Lancaster Street in Kitchener was voted down at Waterloo Regional Council on Tuesday night. The vote, which ended up in deadlock, was conducted after impassioned pleas from both …
Read More »Indigo says hacked employee data may appear on ‘dark web’ this week, won’t pay ransom – National
Indigo, Canada’s biggest bookstore chain, says it expects data of current and former employees stolen in a ransomware attack last month to appear on the “dark web” as soon as Thursday, but will not pay a ransom to the “criminals” responsible. An updated section of Indigo’s website — which was …
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