Author Archives: QP Briefing Staff

. . . at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere * ORNGE air ambulance helicopters have received U.S. Federal Aviation Administration approval to enter American airspace for the purpose of transferring patients to or ...

. . . at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere. * New Democratic MPP France Gélinas is to introduce a motion in public accounts committee on Wednesday, asking the Auditor General to investigate contracts between th ...

By Kenyon Wallace The closing of two group homes that provide support to at-risk Aboriginal youth is "unacceptable," the Canadian Union of Public Employees says. A $2-million budget hole facing Payukotayno: James & ...

. . . at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere. *  Stefan Baranski, a principal at Counsel Public Affairs in Toronto and founder of the Ontario News Watch website, has accepted a job as director of communications f ...

By Kenyon Wallace Discussions about a possible merger of the Wellington Catholic District School Board with the Bruce Grey and Huron-Perth Catholic District School Boards are underway, QP Briefing has learned. Don Dron ...

. . . at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere. * The Supreme Court of Canada will hear Shoppers Drug Mart Corporation's appeal of a Ontario Supreme Court decision to prohibit the use of private label generic drugs ...

By Kenyon Wallace The City of Guelph is taking the unusual step of closing a large portion of the downtown core to vehicular traffic on weekend nights in an effort to make the area safer for patrons coming out of bars a ...

. . . at Queen's Park, across Ontario And elsewhere. * After months of review, the standing committee on the Legislative Assembly has recommended a few minor changes to Standing Orders: That new accessibility measures ...