OSSTF support staff members started job action in several school boards across the province today, while the province got back to the bargaining table with elementary teachers. ...
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Report on new university funding model expected by November
Former deputy minister Sue Herbert says there are five areas in which students, employers, post-secondary institutions were aligned on how system should be reformed ...
Province capping age limit at 42 for women accessing expanded in vitro fertilization services
Province announces it will spend extra $50 million a year to fund one in vitro fertilization cycle for eligible patients ...
Health and safety in elementary schools is main focus of education minister
Liz Sandals told reporters Wednesday she "would look at ways of taking action" in the legislature if health and safety concerns stemming from job action get out of hand. ...
Province to hire ‘recruiters’ to help more children get adopted
The government announced Tuesday it will also help find more 'culturally appropriate' adoption placements for First Nations children and youth as well as extend funding for adoptive parents of 18 to 21 year olds who are ...
Giving lip service to gender-neutral language, MPP charges
Cheri DiNovo, the New Democrats' LGBTQ critic - while supportive of Liberal MPP Glenn Thibeault's private member's bid to make government forms more inclusive - believes the motion doesn't go far enough. ...
Job action planned over local contracts for high school teachers
Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation has secured a central deal, but is still waiting on local deals, including in Halton and Greater Essex ...
Auditor general report shows 61 per cent of CCAC spending goes to patient treatment
Bonnie Lysyk's special report looking at Community Care Access Centres released Wednesday includes 16 recommendations - all of which the province says it agrees with. ...
Patients, families to learn cause of critical medical errors under proposed regulatory changes
The Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care is proposing regulatory changes under the Quality of Care Information Protection Act that would make it mandatory for hospitals to disclose the cause of critical incidents to pat ...
OSSTF head hopes local contracts covering teachers reached by end of November
Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation head Paul Elliott says the union is also focused on getting a deal for support staff as they head to the negotiating table this Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. ...
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