Author Archives: QP Briefing Staff

By Kenyon Wallace Guelph General Hospital is getting serious about its use of energy. The hospital is partnering with technology firm Honeywell to conduct an audit of almost every facet of its energy use. The goal is t ...

. . . at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere. * The Upper Canada School board says teachers are continuing to provide extracurricular activities for almost 30,000 students at all of its 86 elementary and secondar ...

By Dr. Edmund Kwok An interesting story came across my desk recently. Apparently, some states in the U.S. have moved towards a punitive model in trying deal with medical errors and adverse outcomes – this particular sto ...

. . . at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere. * Liberal MPP Mike Colle will introduce a private member’s bill Thursday to stop “gas and dash” theft of gasoline. The bill will propose a requirement that people pa ...

By Ann Cavoukian I would like to congratulate the city councillors in Markham who recently decided to start posting their expenses online every month in an effort to promote greater openness and transparency in governme ...

By Kenyon Wallace The City of Belleville is pushing ahead with its ambitious plan to capitalize on the provincial government’s lucrative feed-in-tariff program. Mayor Neil Ellis sought – and won – city council’s approv ...

. . . at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere * They didn’t need to go to the International Plowing Match to sling mud – there's plenty of that at Queen’s Park – but the Legislature was closed Tuesday so all three ...

. . . at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere. * Kathleen Wynne is the leading contender to take over as Ontario Liberal Leader and Premier if the job were to become vacant, a new poll says. Premier Dalton McGuin ...