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Potential class-action launched against the federal government on behalf of two former detainees who suffered from post-traumatic stress, anxiety and depression as a result of their detention. → Read More
With the fate of Ontario’s accessibility law at stake, next month’s election is being called the “most pivotal” for the province’s 2.6 million people with disabilities. → Read More
“I am constantly made to feel like a second-class citizen,” said Michael Iacovone, a 32-year-old university student with spina bifida. → Read More
Plans to abruptly shutter youth jails in 2021 were “shrouded in secrecy,” writes provincial Ombudsman Paul Dubé in a 60-page report, released Tuesday. → Read More
The Durham District School Board recently pulled several books from its libraries, including “The Great Bear” by David A. Robertson, an award-winning Indigenous author. → Read More
Advocates, analysts applaud the deal but are skeptical that spaces can meet demand, and that promised wage increases can attract enough workers. → Read More
Advocates say if case is upheld it could help reduce the number of Indigenous people behind bars. → Read More
“There is the sense that the south is putting the pandemic behind them, but for us the pandemic is not over,” says doctor in Sioux Lookout health authority. → Read More
With the end of the fiscal year looming — which could mean losing this year’s funds — and parents in other provinces already seeing reduced fees, the clock is ticking for Ford’s government. → Read More
As Ontario lifts pandemic restrictions, immunocompromised and other vulnerable people feel left out of the party. → Read More
Russia sees NATO as an existential threat, as its membership has expanded eastward and now includes several former Soviet countries. → Read More
The Chinese government has criticized sanctions against Russia, and said it ‘understands Russia’s legitimate security concerns‘ regarding NATO. → Read More
A spokesperson for the Ministry of Health would not confirm the government had agreed to the bonus. → Read More
The foundation’s grants will help fund programs with a particular focus on Indigenous, Black, refugee and immigrant women. → Read More
“How did we get to a place where a health worker has to fear for their safety just while they’re going to work?” asked palliative care physician Dr. Naheed Dosani. → Read More
Chesher’s Outdoor Store in Belleville awards cash and merchandise prizes to hunters who kill the heaviest coyotes. Provincial laws ban the incentivized killing of animals. → Read More
Mounting fatalities come as province grapples with highest number of COVID hospitalizations, rising long-term-care outbreaks and crushing staff shortages. → Read More
“There was no scientific or medical reason to shorten the isolation period to five days,” said Dr. Nili Kaplan-Myrth, a family doctor in Ottawa. → Read More
Public health units will no longer dismiss whole daycare cohorts based on a single confirmed case, but some operators say the new rules are unsafe. → Read More
“The sector is really in the biggest crisis that we’ve been in since the beginning of the pandemic,” said Amy O’Neil, of Treetop Children’s Centre. → Read More