Jul 28 2021 — Nicole Thompson, The Canadian Press — Canada is losing out on the benefits of early childhood education due to a disconnect between daycares and schools, says a newly released report that recommends integrating child care into the broader education system. The research from People for Education said a proper child-care setup would help give kids the skills they need to carry […]
Jul 28 2021 — Nicole Thompson, The Canadian Press — Canada is losing out on the benefits of early childhood education due to a disconnect between daycares and schools, says a newly released report that recommends integrating child care into the broader education system. The research from People for Education said a proper child-care setup would help give kids the skills they need to carry […]
Jul 16 2021 — Nicole Thompson, The Canadian Press — BARRIE, Ont. — Residents whose homes were seriously damaged in a twister that also injured several people in Barrie, Ont., were escorted back to retrieve key possessions Friday morning as the clean-up effort began. Uprooted trees, toppled fences, pieces of building insulation and roofing materials remained strewn on lawns and into the streets in the […]
Jul 16 2021 — Nicole Thompson, The Canadian Press — BARRIE, Ont. — Residents whose homes were seriously damaged in a twister that also injured several people in Barrie, Ont., were escorted back to retrieve key possessions Friday morning as the clean-up effort began. Uprooted trees, toppled fences, pieces of building insulation and roofing materials remained strewn on lawns and into the streets in the […]
Jul 15 2021 — Nicole Thompson, The Canadian Press — BARRIE — Several people were injured and many more were displaced Thursday after a tornado ripped through part of a southern Ontario city, its mayor said as he expressed relief that no lives had been lost in the destruction. Barrie Mayor Jeff Lehman said that while the tornado that hit a neighbourhood in the city's […]
Jul 15 2021 — Nicole Thompson, The Canadian Press — BARRIE — Several people were injured and many more were displaced Thursday after a tornado ripped through part of a southern Ontario city, its mayor said as he expressed relief that no lives had been lost in the destruction. Barrie Mayor Jeff Lehman said that while the tornado that hit a neighbourhood in the city's […]
Jul 15 2021 — Nicole Thompson, The Canadian Press — Systemic problems tied to the legacy of colonialism have left residents of First Nations in Ontario 10 times more likely to die in fires than people who live in the rest of the province, a government report has found. The review from the Office of the Chief Coroner, spurred by two fatal fires in 2016 […]
Jul 15 2021 — Nicole Thompson, The Canadian Press — Systemic problems tied to the legacy of colonialism have left residents of First Nations in Ontario 10 times more likely to die in fires than people who live in the rest of the province, a government report has found. The review from the Office of the Chief Coroner, spurred by two fatal fires in 2016 […]
Jul 9 2021 — Nicole Thompson, The Canadian Press — A Toronto teacher accused in the drowning of a student on a school canoe trip fell short of his responsibility to keep the kids in his care safe, even in his approach to planning the excursion, a prosecutor argued Friday as she delivered her closing submissions. Crown Attorney Anna Stanford urged the judge in the […]
Jul 8 2021 — Nicole Thompson, The Canadian Press — TORONTO — Two of Ontario's most populous cities started allowing walk-ins at mass vaccination sites Thursday, offering an alternative to the scramble to secure appointments for a coveted COVID-19 vaccine. Hamilton began offering walk-in slots for first doses of a COVID-19 vaccine at all mass vaccination sites, while Toronto opened up one of its mass […]
Jul 7 2021 — Nicole Thompson, The Canadian Press — TORONTO — Ontario plans to spend an additional $32.7 million each year to bolster addiction services across the province, an investment that comes as the government says the stresses of the pandemic have led to a spike in problematic drug use. The annual funding is part of the province's pledge to pour $3.8 billion into […]
Jul 7 2021 — Nicole Thompson, The Canadian Press — TORONTO — Ontario plans to spend an additional $32.7 million each year to bolster addiction services across the province, an investment that comes as the government says the stresses of the pandemic have led to a spike in problematic drug use. The annual funding is part of the province's pledge to pour $3.8 billion into […]
Jun 27 2021 — Nicole Thompson, The Canadian Press — Bob Hilbig's crisis of confidence in the Roman Catholic Church isn't his first reckoning with the institution that shaped his childhood. It's not even his second. But the discovery over the past month of what's believed to be nearly 1,000 bodies in unmarked graves at two former residential schools for Indigenous children could prove to […]
Jun 23 2021 — Nicole Thompson, The Canadian Press — Ontario can jumpstart its flagging tourism sector by incentivizing travel with discount cards and ad campaigns, a government task force recommended Wednesday. The Tourism Economic Recovery Ministerial Task Force, set up after the release of this year's budget as the government turned its attention to post-pandemic recovery, has delivered a report with 10 key recommendations […]
Jun 22 2021 — Nicole Thompson, The Canadian Press — Ontario's vaccine booking system has been described as complex, fractured, and frustrating, but as first-dose uptake tops 75 per cent, experts say it's getting the job done. The government's vaccine booking portal isn't accessible in all regions, pharmacies manage their own appointments outside that system, and pop-up clinics can generate long lines. Many have complained […]