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Category: Rural and North
War on austerity focuses on cuts to emergency services
Ontario's largest public service unions say major service cuts in several rural Ontario communities will greatly impact public safety. ...
Happening: Transport Canada buys equipment for Sudbury airport
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Happening: Ottawa to spend $1 million on SSM airport upgrades
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Injunction put on Enbridge protesters, blockade shifts to Toronto
Protesters blockading work on a major oil pipeline in southwestern Ontario were forced to vacate the construction site over the weekend after receiving an injunction Sunday afternoon. ...
Ministers say pork industry will survive Kremlin’s kibosh
Ontario's agri-food industry will get by without exports to Russia, as the amount going there is ‘small compared to our overall agri-food exports,’ government says. ...
KWG CEO says mining firm is an ‘innocent bystander’ after court loss to Cliffs
Frank Smeenk says KWG will keep fighting for its plans in the Ring of Fire, despite last week's legal defeat after it sought to object application for easement by rival Cliffs. ...
Heard: Ontario to put out 90,000 anti-rabies vaccine baits this summer
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$78 million in highway projects to create nearly 800 jobs
Northern Development Ministry announces $78.3 million in highway upgrades for northeastern Ontario, which is expected to create 786 jobs. ...
Migrant female Mexican workers submit rights complaint
The province's largest agricultural labour union filed a complaint to the Ontario Human Rights Commission on behalf of the women, saying male workers are favoured under a government program. ...