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ONTARIO: Advocates call for national long-term care standards

ONTARIO: Advocates call for national long-term care standards

The Ontario Health Coalition held a virtual protest calling on the provincial and federal governments to implement nationalized standards for long-term care facilities
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ONTARIO: Ford apologizes for COVID-19 measures and enforcement

ONTARIO: Ford apologizes for COVID-19 measures and enforcement

Premier Doug Ford said ‘we made a mistake’ when referring to new COVID-19 restrictions and enforcement measures implemented last week, while also saying the government is working on a solution for paid sick days
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ONTARIO: Reinvestigation report into nine Indigenous deaths in Thunder Bay expected in June

ONTARIO: Reinvestigation report into nine Indigenous deaths in Thunder Bay expected in June

The final report on the reinvestigations has been pushed back several times due in part to the COVID-19 pandemic
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Controversial defender of residential school system retires from Senate

Controversial defender of residential school system retires from Senate

In December, the Senate tabled a motion to suspend Lynn Beyak from the chamber
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First Northern Ontario COVID-19 vaccine administered in Thunder Bay

First Northern Ontario COVID-19 vaccine administered in Thunder Bay

A front-line long-term care worker received the first shot of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre
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CANADA: Federal government will not meet goal to end boil water advisories by spring 2021

CANADA: Federal government will not meet goal to end boil water advisories by spring 2021

NAN Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler said the federal government’s acknowledgement that it will miss its self-imposed deadline to end boil water advisories is ‘disheartening'
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ONTARIO: Thunder Bay residents file $350-million class-action lawsuit against city over leaking pipes

ONTARIO: Thunder Bay residents file $350-million class-action lawsuit against city over leaking pipes

Residents across the city have been experiencing pinhole leaks in copper water pipes and have repeatedly called on the city for answers and have only been met with silence.
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ONTARIO: Physicians lobby government for exemption to use ‘magic mushrooms’

ONTARIO: Physicians lobby government for exemption to use ‘magic mushrooms’

Five physicians in the Northwest are requesting an exemption to use ‘magic mushrooms’ for experiential training in order to help guide terminally ill patients using the treatment
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BEYOND LOCAL: Parts of Northwestern Ontario receive 10 cm of June snow (5 photos)

BEYOND LOCAL: Parts of Northwestern Ontario receive 10 cm of June snow (5 photos)

Pickle Lake saw a rare heavy dumping of June snow on Thursday and is currently without power
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Northern economy will not open any sooner than rest of province: Ford

Northern economy will not open any sooner than rest of province: Ford

The prospect of reopening northern or rural parts of the provincial economy that have not been impacted as hard by COVID-19 being ruled out by Ontario government.
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