Category Archives: Ontario/Quebec
Ontario gives $800K to Indigenous health teams to address residential school trauma
TORONTO — Ontario is dedicating $800,000 to Indigenous health-care teams to help people experiencing trauma as a result of the residential school system. The government says the money will go to eight Indigenous Primary Health Care Council member organ...
Ontario to increase penalties around ‘unethical’ condo development practices
TORONTO — Ontario plans to increase fines and other penalties for "unethical" condominium development practices. Government and Consumer Services Minister Ross Romano said the proposed new regulations are set to take effect in 30 days and be retroactiv...
Quebec should plan mass COVID second-booster program for the fall: vaccine committee
MONTREAL — Quebec's immunization committee is suggesting the government start preparing a mass COVID-19 vaccine fourth-dose campaign for the general population that would be launched in the fall. Quebecers most vulnerable to serious consequences from t...
City of Toronto unveils 10-year plan for reconciliation with Indigenous peoples
TORONTO — The City of Toronto has unveiled a proposed 10-year plan for reconciliation with its Indigenous residents. The 2022-2032 Reconciliation Action Plan is aimed at healing the many traumas Indigenous people have been subjected to, including force...
Ontario NDP says ejected member was in Islamophobic Facebook group
TORONTO — Ontario's New Democrats say they removed a longtime legislator from caucus because he was found to be a member of an Islamophobic Facebook group. The party's provincial director issued a statement on Wednesday giving more details about Paul M...
Electric vehicle battery plant to be built in Windsor, Ont.
Automaker Stellantis and South Korean battery-maker LG Energy Solution will build a large-scale electric vehicle battery plant in Windsor, Ont., a "game-changing" announcement federal and provincial leaders said positions Ontario to build the cars of t...
Quebec to offer fourth COVID shot to older and vulnerable adults as BA.2 surges
MONTREAL — The Quebec government will offer a fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccine to older and vulnerable Quebecers amid a rise in infections driven by the contagious BA.2 subvariant, the province’s interim public health director said Wednesday. Dr. Luc Bo...
Ontario extends college and university tuition freeze to 2022-2023
Ontario is extending a tuition freeze for college and university students through next year. Colleges and Universities Minister Jill Dunlop says the Progressive Conservative government wants to reduce financial barriers and financial strain on families...
Ontario putting $91M toward electric vehicle chargers at rest stops, parks
TORONTO — Ontario is putting $91 million toward installing electric vehicle chargers at highway rest stops, carpool parking lots, parks and hockey arenas. It's the first time the Progressive Conservative government has funded charging stations for elec...
Ontario parties, stakeholders react to federal Liberal-NDP confidence and supply deal
TORONTO — Ontario's Liberals and New Democrats say the confidence-and-supply agreement between their federal counterparts demonstrates that voters want politicians to work together and get things done. But the Progressive Conservative government says ...