Liberals promise healthcare, childcare and more jobs in 2018 budget
The Liberals tabled a budget that promises to provide more child care, a new drug and dental program, stronger hospitals, and mental health initiatives.
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OPINION: School sex ed should be here to stay
Sex education for Ontario students is a controversial topic and it has been in the news lately as a result of the elections for a new Progressive Conservative leader.
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OPSEU in strike position on Oct. 15
Ontario’s 24 colleges and their unionized faculty will be in a legal strike or lockout position at 12:01 a.m. Oct. 15.
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Ontario plans ‘safe and sensible’ framework for pot
Demetre James Politis Life Reporter Ontario released a “safe and sensible” framework in response to the federal government’s plan to legalize cannabis by July. The framework, released Sept 8, will set the minimum age to buy and use cannabis to 19 and allow LCBO to sell in stand-alone stores, according to an Ontario press release. About 150 stores will open...
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Colonialism, strong and free in Attawapiskat
The grim spectre of colonialism continues to cling onto first nation reserves like Attawapiskat, across Canada. It continues to thrive in the contaminated drinking water and in the rotting, overcrowded and mold-infested homes, and the single shrinking schoolhouse meant to educate hundreds of children in Attawapiskat.
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