A new petition, launched by women who came forward about Coun. Rick Chiarelli's inappropriate behaviour, is seeking changes to Ontario's Municipal Act.
Premier Doug Ford, shown in a 2018 file photo. Ontario s opposition parties have pledged to undo the Ford government s changes to conservation authorities if one of them wins the next election. File photo by Alex Tétreault
The Ontario Liberal, NDP and Green parties vowed Tuesday to reverse the Progressive Conservative government’s weakening of conservation authorities if one of them wins the next election.
The government passed a bill weakening the powers of conservation authorities agencies that oversee watersheds and development that happens nearby in December amid widespread backlash. If elected, the opposition parties said they would also revoke permits for projects approved under the more lenient rules, without giving compensation to developers.
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Family Day this year will mean staying within your own household bubble and in most cases, staying in your home if you’re in Toronto.
Ontario’s three hot spots Toronto, Peel and York regions are still restricted to the province’s Stay-At-Home order until at least Feb. 22. At the same time, 28 public health units will begin to ease restrictions beginning Feb. 16 and switch to a colour-coded category for the slow reopening.
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That means Family Day activities on Feb. 15 will be largely limited to virtual events or some outdoor activities.
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As we mark the fiftieth anniversary of the report by the Royal Commission on the Status of Women in Canada, we reflect on its significance and note that, when it comes to gender equity, the struggle continues.
On December 7, 1970, a report was tabled in the House of Commons that the media called “a bomb, already primed and ticking.”
The 488-page document was loaded with research and insights that would prove very dangerous indeed a threat to a Canada in which men blindly benefited from the unpaid labour of their wives at home, a society in which legal restrictions kept women from enjoying their recently enshrined human rights.
Advocates call for government oversight as COVID-19 crisis unfolds at Amberwood Suites in Sudbury
Paramedic vehicles are parked outside the Amberwood Suites retirement home in Sudbury, as a crisis inside unfolds.
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