Ottawa·New Move will shutter five supervised consumption facilities in Toronto, and one each in Ottawa, Kitchener, Thunder Bay, Hamilton and Guelph. Health minister to announce […]
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Ontario bans drug consumption sites near schools, child-care centres
Ontario has banned supervised drug consumption sites within 200 metres of schools and child-care centres. Ten facilities across the province will be forced to transition into […]
Ontario bans drug consumption sites near schools and child-care centres, forcing closure of Hamilton site
Ontario has banned supervised drug consumption sites within 200 metres of schools and child-care centres. Ten facilities across the province will be forced to transition into “treatment […]
Housing shortage, health-care crisis on agenda as Ontario municipal leaders meet
Municipal leaders from across Ontario have started gathering at the Shaw Centre in Ottawa for this year’s Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) conference. The 125th […]
Crackdown on abuses in low-wage TFW program won’t target farms, feds say
Ottawa The federal government says a promised crackdown on abuses in the low-wage stream of its temporary foreign workers (TFW) program will not target businesses […]
Survivors group calls for more federal funding for organizations probing residential schools
Diane Hill was admitted to the Mohawk Institute Residential School in 1963, only ten days after her seventh birthday. She told CBC News she remembers […]
Hamilton, Ottawa, Toronto all in search of next chief planner
Ontario’s three biggest cities are all on the hunt for a top bureaucrat who can lead them through the challenge of meeting aggressive housing targets, […]
Trudeau government negotiating with provinces to keep migrants behind bars
On June 10, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, right, offered $750 million to Quebec Premier François Legault, left, to help with the influx of asylum seekers […]
Would you trust a surgeon trained with AI? CHEO and Carleton developing cutting-edge simulator
When doctors performs laparoscopic surgery, they can’t rely on their own eyes. Instead, laparoscopic surgeons make a small incision and insert two long tools to […]
Muslims in Ottawa share what it’s like amid a recent wave of hate after Oct. 7
Walking to his mosque in Ottawa’s Blossom Park neighbourhood for Friday prayer, Abdulla Al Aidie wears a traditional flowing garment called a thobe. It’s something the 23-year-old Palestinian-Canadian is comfortable wearing in […]