Province to consult with conservation authorities
We have recently reported on the strenuous objections put forward by conservation authorities across Ontario to the government’s recent piece of legislation, the Protect,...
Long Haulers – Covid-19 Support Group
One Covid-19 Long Haulers Support Group in Canada on Facebook currently has 10 500 members. Similar to the plight of many suffering around the...
Year in Review
by Jim McDonell, M.P.P.
After a year of challenges like no other in the past 100 years, conditions are finally lining up to allow 2021...
Ontario helps Municipalities respond to COVID-19
The Ontario government is allocating an additional $120 million to help municipalities and Indigenous community partners protect the health and safety of vulnerable people...
An Open Letter to the Community From the Medical Officer of Health
With the holidays upon us and 2020 winding down, I would like to take a moment to reflect on this past year.
There is no...
Ontario begins rollout of COVID-19 Vaccine
The Ontario government has developed a three-phase implementation plan to receive, store and administer COVID-19 vaccines to Ontarians as soon as they are received....
Op-Ed by Premier Doug Ford
The COVID-19 pandemic has tested our health-care system in unprecedented ways. The challenges we now face are critical: a backlog of surgeries, growing hallway...
Cory M. Coons special Christmas celebration
North Dundas native, and popular singer-songwriter, Cory M. Coons is celebrating another award-winning year with a Christmas song featuring the next generation of the...
Ontario’s Conservation Authorities: Lame Ducks Under Schedule 6
Hidden within Ontario's bill 229, which is a budgetary bill supposedly addressing the economic recovery process from Covid-19 (Bill 229: Protect, Support and Recover...
Half of stem cell donors decline to help patients when asked
Canadian Blood Services is asking prospective stem cell donors to re-affirm their commitment to patients.
“Currently, when potential donors on Canadian Blood Services Stem Cell...