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November 4, 2024

Ontario Investing $500K To Improve Holocaust Education

With Monday marking the beginning of Holocaust Education Week, the province’s education ministry is announcing money to bolster education about the holocaust in Ontario schools. The province is planning to invest $551,000 to fund the initiative, a means to both educate students and combat Canada’s worrying spike in antisemitism and anti-Jew discrimination since the Oct. 7 Hamas terror attacks. “As […]

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May 30, 2024

Ontario Town Will Return Federal Housing Money After Vote Against Density

An Ontario town is returning $1.28 million that it received in housing funds from the federal government after shooting down measures that would build more density — a key condition of the deal. On Wednesday, Housing Minister Sean Fraser said the federal government was terminating its deal with the Town of Oakville, Ont., after the town council and Mayor […]

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November 6, 2023

Ontario To Make It Mandatory For Salaries To Be Disclosed In Job Postings

It will soon be mandatory for Ontario employers to disclose wages or a salary range on job postings. The proposal is part of new legislation meant to increase transparency for job seekers. The new “Working for Workers” legislation will be tabled when MPPs return to Queen’s Park the week of Nov. 14. “When worker salaries are kept secret, […]

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October 27, 2023

Ontario Plans To Expand Midwives’ Prescribing Power

Ontario is planning to expand the list of drugs that midwives can prescribe and administer, including allowing them to prescribe birth control. But while midwives say the updates are good and will help them more effectively serve their clients, not being limited to a list of medications would be even better. The College of Midwives of Ontario has […]

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September 4, 2023

Ontario Housing Minister Steve Clark Resigns Amid Greenbelt Land Swap Controversy

Ontario Municipal Affairs and Housing Minister Steve Clark has resigned from cabinet after weeks of pushback from political opponents, First Nations leaders and residents following multiple investigations into his ministry’s handling of the Greenbelt land swaps. His resignation comes after Ontario’s integrity commissioner investigated his conduct and recommended Clark be reprimanded, saying he failed to properly oversee the process that […]

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June 18, 2023

Canada, Ontario Reach Historic $10-billion Proposed First Nations Treaty Settlement

Leaders of the Robinson Huron Treaty Litigation Fund say they’ve reached a proposed $10-billion settlement with the governments of Ontario and Canada over unpaid annuities for using their lands. The fund, which represents the 21 Robinson Huron First Nations, announced Saturday that the proposal will resolve claims only tied to past unpaid annuities which stretch back more than 170 […]

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