The province says that students will be able to apply for high school diplomas The government of Ontario said Wednesday that starting in grade 11, students will be able to switch to full-time apprenticeship programs while still getting their high school diploma. At a news conference in Pickering, Labour Minister Monte McNaughton said that the…
Eyre says that the ban goes beyond Ottawa’s authority, overstates how bad plastics are, and could hurt small businesses Justice Minister Bronwyn Eyre said on Tuesday that the Saskatchewan government will join a court case against the federal government’s ban on single-use plastics. The provincial government says that the ban is an overreach of federal…
The provincial health officer for B.C. says that people are starting to change their minds, but “slowly, too slowly. Nearly seven people still die every day because of the poisoned drugs in British Columbia, and Dr. Bonnie Henry, the provincial health officer, says that politicians are still trying to figure out how to treat drug…
Shirley Bennett, 67, died Monday night in a building fire at Wiggins Private Friends are sad about the death of a happy woman with a good heart who died in a fire late Monday night at an Ottawa Community Housing building in Sandy Hill. Michelle Desrosiers lives across the street from 310 Wiggins Priv., and…
The repair was done before service began. Wednesda OC Transpo says that a loose wire overhead on the LRT Confederation Line near Rideau station caused delays Tuesday afternoon and night. In a series of tweets, the transit agency said that the problem was fixed overnight and that service was back to normal by Wednesday morning.…
Luxturna, a gene therapy that can save your sight, can cost more than $1 million out of pocket A young man from Pickering who has gotten a lot of attention on social media for his work to help blind people will get sight-saving gene therapy. This is the first time that OHIP will pay for…
“If the girls go to school, everyone will go to school,” says an Afghan student The teacher starts her lesson after taking attendance and greeting each bright voice from behind the colorful circles on her screen. She talks while scrolling through slides with rainbow-colored maps, pictures of mountain ranges, and facts about Asia’s geography. It…
When the idea was first brought up, the answer was a hard no Melanie Berglund, a songwriter from Saskatchewan, wrote this first-person piece. Seefor more information on First Person stories.the FAQ. I’m a feminist. I started using Blake’s last name when I got married. When the idea was first brought up, the answer was a…
The basic personal exemption amount goes from just over $10,000 to $15,000. This means that the average Manitoban will save $448 All working Manitobans will have less of their income taxed, and thousands of the province’s lowest-income earners will stop paying income tax altogether as the Progressive Conservative government continues to loosen the purse strings…
The city staff is happy that the paperwork shows plans to farm land that was once proposed as a suburb On a huge, partially cleared parcel in rural southeast Ottawa, tree cutting is expected to start up again. This is because city workers decided that the partners behind the future suburb of Tewin did not…