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The Ontario government is proposing to expand its ability to impose dense “transit-oriented communities” along public-transit lines and restrict the ability of municipalities to demand certain studies before approving development – measures it says would speed up construction. The province’s Municipal Affairs and Housing Minister, Rob Flack, unveiled a long list of proposed changes on Monday in a bill that he says would allow housing, and transit and other infrastructure, to get built faster. He also said this week’s provincial budget will include $400-million in new funding for...
May 12, 2025 - 09:36 | Jeff Gray | The Globe and Mail
Show # 16 Lester B. Pearson Catholic High School In the Heights Director: Sarah Davidson Rasha Alli, Critic Sir Wilfrid Laurier Secondary School A story of dreams, identity, and the bonds of community: Lester B. Pearson Catholic High School’s In The Heights delivered a moving and heartfelt production, filled with emotionally charged scenes and powerful […]
May 12, 2025 - 08:00 | Lois Kirkup | Ottawa Citizen
Ontario hospitals spent more than $9-billion on nurses and other staff from for-profit agencies in a 10-year period, a new study concludes.The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives study, released Monday, examined financial statements for 134 Ontario hospital corporations as well as data from the Canadian Institute for Health Information.
May 12, 2025 - 07:04 | Allison Jones | The Globe and Mail
I remember the line. It ran diagonal to the grain of the library’s hardwood floor. It escapes me whether the line was black paint or black electrical tape back in the ’80s and ’90s, but it’s tape today—scuffed and trodden upon, as though it were just some line to be stepped on that didn’t matter very much. Which it is. Or was, anyway.
Donald Trump, the forty-seventh president of the United States of America, has called the border between Canada and the United States “an artificially drawn line.” In this, he is aligned with my eight-year-old self standing inside the Haskell Free...
May 12, 2025 - 06:30 | Jordan Heath-Rawlings | Walrus
The woman, who cannot be identified under a publication ban, first took the stand on May 2 and spent most of last week facing questions from the defence.
May 12, 2025 - 06:24 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Ottawa
The female complainant in the high-profile world junior sexual assault trial is back on the stand Monday to face more questions from defence lawyers.
May 12, 2025 - 06:24 | Aaron D’Andrea | Global News - Canada
