The media, NDP and Green Party are remarkably unaware of what should be their major election focus. The Ontario government is committing an act that is essentially eco suicide. The 100-year-old scientific research facility in Angus, Ontario. (See link1 link2) It’s ...
Read More »5 cuts Ontario can make to save us money
This article was previously published on the Huffington Post. The Progressive Conservatives have a new leader in Doug Ford, who says his goal is to save taxpayers money. After years of waste and mismanagement by the Kathleen Wynne and Dalton ...
Read More »Coal shutdown made Ontarians healthier
One. That’s the number of smog days Ontario has experienced since the last piece of coal was burned for electricity in 2014. Let’s compare that to 2005, when residents of the Greater Toronto Area suffered through 53 smog days while ...
Read More »Ontario approves expansion of engineering degrees at colleges
Ontario’s colleges will be developing new engineering degree programs in specialized fields after the provincial government approved the expansion of engineering degrees at colleges. “This responds to a clear demand for graduates with engineering degrees in highly specialized areas,” said ...
Read More »Ontario is hard done by provincial politicians
Frank Touby — It’s not a good time for women in top-level politics. At least not in the U.S. and definitely not in Ontario. But let’s look mainly at the government with the most immediate influence over our lives. That ...
Read More »$25,000 Ontario Trillium Foundation grant to Gardiner Museum
$25,000 Ontario Trillium Foundation Grant Allows Museum to Make All Summer Programming Free to the Public Community Arts Space events including art workshops, walking tours, artist demonstrations, and experimental theatre now open to the public At the launch on the ...
Read More »Premier Wynne there is a Pandemic of sexual abuse in Ontario
Sharon Danley — Letter to the Ontario government: There is a PANDEMIC OF SEXUAL ABUSE and the Ontario Government is shameful in NOT rigorously protecting the citizenry, effectively UPDATING and ENFORCING the laws and IMPLEMENTING RECOMMENDATIONS of THREE Task Forces ...
Read More »Celebrating volunteers across Canada National Volunteer Week 2016
Volunteers are one of the core driving forces in the nonprofit sector. Over 5 million volunteers across Ontario dedicate their time, energy, and skills to help the province’s nonprofit organizations achieve their missions. What distinguishes the nonprofit sector from the ...
Read More »The perils of potholes in Ontario
Ryan Murray — A record breaking milder than usual winter and a rapid springtime thaw means potholes are appearing faster and earlier than expected. Appearing as if by magic on your daily commute the dreaded pothole is the nasty surprise ...
Read More »John Sewell’s book and how he and friends saved Toronto (Video)
John Sewell provides an insider’s account of 12 years when Toronto was transformed by activist citizens and high-rise developments. By the mid-1990s Toronto was well on the way to being Canada’s laraget and most powerful city, but all this “progress” ...
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