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NDP warns highway promises are not enough without improvements
4+ hour, 8+ min ago (225+ words) After'NDP members did a two-week tour of northern Ontario earlier this month,'Doug Ford's Conservatives have announced commitments to improve northern highways. Called the NDP Northern Tour: Our Highways, Our Safety, the group'travelled across northern Ontario along Highways 11 and 17.' It…...
Ontario MPPs head back to legislature after 14-week break. Here’s what you need to know
6+ day, 16+ hour ago (1732+ words) EDITOR'S NOTE: This article originally appeared on The Trillium, a Village Media website devoted to covering provincial politics at Queen's Park. It's been 14 weeks since MPPs met at Queen's Park " and the first week back looks to be busy Members…...
Ontario NDP leader kicked off Tim Hortons property
2+ week, 3+ day ago (520+ words) SAULT STE. MARIE " It probably wasn't the order Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles had in mind when she stopped at a Tim Hortons in Sault Ste. Marie'today.' Stiles and a group of northern Ontario MPPs'were about to hold a media…...
Indigenous post-secondary institutes welcome provincial funding
3+ week, 3+ day ago (284+ words) The $57 million in provincial funding that's being allocated for post-secondary Indigenous educational institutes over the next three years is a "critical investment," says the head of the Indigenous Institutes Consortium. Announced Feb. 12, the money is part of a larger $6.4-billion…...
Support builds for a Jolin-Barrette CAQ leadership run, as colleagues also mull bids
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (179+ words) MONTREAL " Several legislators are calling for Simon Jolin-Barrette to enter the race to succeed Fran'ois Legault as leader of the Coalition Avenir Qu'bec after the premier's abrupt resignation announcement Wednesday. Transport Minister Jonatan Julien on Saturday followed two of his…...
Greater Sudbury MPs respond to apparent shift in federal Liberals’ ideology
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (718+ words) The news cycle in recent months has been peppered with reports regarding a shift in Liberal policy. Conservative Party of Canada Leader Pierre Poilievre called Liberals "counterfeit" Conservatives, and past NDP leader Tom Mulcair contended that Liberals aren"t to…...
Ontario college support staff reject latest offer and hit the picket lines
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (382+ words) TORONTO " Support staff at Ontario's publicly funded colleges are on strike, as they failed to reach a new contract agreement before the deadline of midnight. The 10,000 full-time college support staff, represented by the Ontario Public Service Employees Union, are seeking…...
Opinion: College strike isn’t about the union, it’s about funding
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (718+ words) When eight colleagues in my department alone have left in two years, some on stress leave and others transferring out, you know something is fundamentally broken." But the College Employer Council wants you to believe this strike is about the…...
Sudbury college staff gather for rally after more than a week on picket lines
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (899+ words) With support staff at Ontario's colleges now on day nine of a strike, rallies were held at picket lines across the province Sept. 19, including Sudbury's Cambrian College and Coll'ge Bor'al. "Today, we've got all of our members, all of the…...