Insight

Ontario will appoint an independent external reviewer to further examine the use of segregation in the province’s adult correctional facilities. The reviewer will be asked to provide advice on an expedited basis, building on the work done by the ministry ...

Julie Kwiecinski — It may only be an interim report, but proposed changes to the Employment Standards and Labour Relations acts suggested by the Changing Workplaces Reviewwould be devastating to Ontario’s small employers and their employees if they were to be ...

Naomi Carniol – The Ontario Greenbelt Alliance (OGA) released a map highlighting the potential harmful impacts of more than 650 requests, by developers and municipalities to the Ontario government, to remove land from Ontario’s protected Greenbelt. The map pinpoints just ...

Dylan Penner – The Council of Canadians launched a national boycott campaign against Nestlé in Guelph last night. Guelph and the neighbouring region of Wellington County are currently ground zero for a battle between a local community protecting their water ...

In the past few years, the public image of SeaWorld, and marine parks, in general, has gone from wholesome and fun to cruel and deceptive. After the wildly popular film Blackfishdebuted, thousands of people who were once fooled into thinking ...

Robert Evans Wilson, Jr — Twenty boys milled around the trailhead waiting to begin their hike. As a few made some last minute adjustments to their backpacks, Josh walked back to the scoutmaster’s station wagon to see what was taking ...

Steve Johnston — Recently, many people who travelled the Gardiner Expressway were frustrated when they saw no construction work taking place on the road, yet one lane of traffic was shut down. Some people contacted the City, asking why a ...

Ryan Mallough – A new Ipsos poll reveals that most Ontarians don’t know how the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) works, or what the proposed CPP expansion would mean. When presented with some of the expansion’s probable effects on wages, three ...

A recent survey from the Insurance Brokers Association of Ontario (IBAO) found that 69 per cent of respondents believe there is fraud in the Ontario auto system.  One of the main reasons auto insurance premiums are so high in Ontario, ...

Robert Evans Wilson, Jr — Running as fast as I could, I zigzagged across the field. I dodged and ducked, and stayed just out of reach from the grabbing hands. I stumbled and fell, but quickly rolled away from my ...