The group that set up Toronto's first supervised injection site last year in Moss Park announced plans to open an unsanctioned site in Parkdale. ...
Category: Health and COVID-19
Ontario hires ‘labour relations warhorse’ to lead talks with province’s doctors
Robert Reynolds, hired at thrice the price of his predecessor, negotiated a major deal for the City of Toronto back when Premier Doug Ford was a city councillor. ...
Health-care professionals express opposition to sex-ed curriculum rollback
Almost 1,800 health-care practitioners signed a petition expressing their opposition to the government's sex-ed approach. ...
Lending OPG employees to ministry raises safety, conflict of interest concerns, advocacy groups say
The practice of secondment to the Emergency Management Office from Ontario's largest power generator continues despite a warning from the auditor general. ...
Tories to scrap Wynne-era mental-health spending promises, implement their own
The new government is starting from scratch on its mental health and addictions plan. ...
Hoskins reaches out to premiers on pharmacare, but Ford doesn’t attend
The final report on pharmacare is due in spring 2019. ...
Advocates teach sex-ed lesson on Queen’s Park lawn as school board seeks guidance from ministry
Activists read portions of the modern sex-ed curriculum aloud in a small protest in front of the legislature Thursday. ...
OPSEU will file grievances over job losses expected in August
A representative from the union said that different ministries aren't applying the hiring freeze the same way. ...
Premier-designate leaves door open for changes on marijuana legalization
After the federal government set the legalization date for Oct. 17, Doug Ford said he is seeking to consult with others about how cannabis should be sold in Ontario. ...
Ontario to produce enough of a key medical isotope to supply all of North America
The partnership between OPG and BWXT represents the first large-scale commercial production of molybdenum-99. ...