Nov 8 2022 — Holly McKenzie-Sutter, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — Toronto's board of health asked the city's top doctor Tuesday to consider reinstating mask mandates amid a surge in viral illnesses that's sending children to hospital at alarming rates. The request came a day after the chief of staff at an Ottawa ch...
Nov 4 2022 — Holly McKenzie-Sutter, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — Thousands of Ontario education workers are on picket lines indefinitely as of Friday in defiance of a provincial government law that has imposed a contract on 55,000 workers represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees and banned them from str...
Nov 1 2022 — Holly McKenzie-Sutter, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — TORONTO — Personal support workers at hospitals across Ontario have been waiting months to receive a wage increase promised by the government, with unions and hospitals saying a delay in instruction from the province had been holding up the payments. ...
Oct 31 2022 — Holly McKenzie-Sutter, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — The Ontario government says it intends to invoke the notwithstanding clause to keep an eventual law affecting some education workers in force in the event of any constitutional challenges. A bill introduced Monday would impose contracts on approximatel...
Oct 31 2022 — Holly McKenzie-Sutter, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — The Ontario government says it intends to invoke the notwithstanding clause to keep an eventual law affecting some education workers in force in the event of any constitutional challenges. A bill introduced Monday would impose contracts on approximatel...
Oct 25 2022 — Holly McKenzie-Sutter, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — TORONTO — Ontario's big city mayors elected to a new term in office may soon have enhanced powers at their disposal to tackle tough issues like housing. But experts say the use of so-called "strong mayor" powers may not be clear-cut, and their use may ...
Oct 25 2022 — Holly McKenzie-Sutter, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — TORONTO — Ontario's big city mayors elected to a new term in office may soon have enhanced powers at their disposal to tackle tough issues like housing. But experts say the use of so-called "strong mayor" powers may not be clear-cut, and their use may ...
Oct 22 2022 — Holly McKenzie-Sutter, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — Kojo Damptey’s campaign expected one of his ads at a Hamilton bus station would be defaced well before a sticker that read “white people first” was found placed over the poster of the city council hopeful. The first-time candidate often encountered ant...
Oct 22 2022 — Holly McKenzie-Sutter, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — Kojo Damptey’s campaign expected one of his ads at a Hamilton bus station would be defaced well before a sticker that read “white people first” was found placed over the poster of the city council hopeful. The first-time candidate often encountered ant...
Oct 13 2022 — Holly McKenzie-Sutter, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE, Ont. — One extremely cold day last winter was all it took to cause widespread damage to Bill Redelmeier's wine crops. Months later, the destruction was in full sight at Southbrook Vineyards, an organic winery in Niagara-on-the-Lake...
Oct 13 2022 — Holly McKenzie-Sutter, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE, Ont. — One extremely cold day last winter was all it took to cause widespread damage to Bill Redelmeier's wine crops. Months later, the destruction was in full sight at Southbrook Vineyards, an organic winery in Niagara-on-the-Lake...
Oct 7 2022 — Holly McKenzie-Sutter, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — TORONTO — Jersey-clad fans of all ages descended on downtown Toronto Friday afternoon to cheer on the Blue Jays in the opening game of the wild-card American League series. Jesse Woolford, one of the lucky ticket holders at the sold-out game, said it ...
Oct 7 2022 — Holly McKenzie-Sutter, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — TORONTO — Jersey-clad fans of all ages descended on downtown Toronto Friday afternoon to cheer on the Blue Jays in the opening game of the wild-card American League series. Jesse Woolford, one of the lucky ticket holders at the sold-out game, said it ...
Oct 7 2022 — Holly McKenzie-Sutter, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — The Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario is redeploying staff, adding specialized positions and looking at online tools for families in response to "unprecedented" pressures and long wait times for care as similar trends are seen at children's hospit...
Sep 28 2022 — Holly McKenzie-Sutter, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — CHANNEL-PORT AUX BASQUES, N.L. — Distraught residents of a southwestern Newfoundland town shared stories of survival with Justin Trudeau on Wednesday as the prime minister got a close look at yet another coastal town shattered on the weekend by post-tr...