The Human Rights Commissioner is calling for tougher rules for all types of segregation and that it never be used for inmates with a mental health concern. ...
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Heard: Attorney General explores counselling support for jurors
In Ontario's courts, unless it's been ordered by a judge, a juror must pay out of her own pocket for counselling. ...
Your morning briefing
Your morning roundup of news and agenda items for Tuesday, October 18. ...
Heard: ‘Live in my shoes in a job that takes me below the poverty line’
A woman balancing three jobs is testing the Labour Minister's mettle after a Ryerson report shows precarious work could signal a looming public health crisis, particularly for immigrant and refugee women. ...
Ontario caps solitary confinement at 15 days, seeks third-party for further review
The Opposition denounced Monday's announcement from Community Safety Minister David Orazietti as little more than a "job posting." ...
Seen: Left-leaning blog Press Progress alleges Patrick Brown cozied up to ‘anti-union lobbyist’
Brown's sex-ed letter snafu appears to be rippling through other interest groups. ...
Ontario to co-ordinate with feds on new anti-terror office
Community Safety Minister David Orazietti met with federal Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale this week to discuss Ontario's role in the soon-to-be-established Office for Community Outreach and Countering Radicalizatio ...
Budding professional pot company lobbying for cash injection from Queen’s Park
Seattle-based Privateer Holdings, the sleek firm that oversees cannabis companies such as Bob Marley's "official brand" and dispensary tracking app Leafly, is hoping to win one of the government's grants to expand produc ...
Tug-of-war heating up over Changing Workplaces
Submissions for the biggest overhaul to employment law in nearly two decades are rolling in, and so far, they suggest the labour ministry might have to do its best balancing act when the time comes to craft new legislati ...
Shelley Carroll makes provincial Liberal run official
The Ward 33 councillor was at City Hall Wednesday morning to announce she is officially seeking the Liberal nomination in the newly mapped Don Valley North riding. ...