Board of health calls for Ontario to upgrade to building code ventilation standards
An Ontario board of health is asking the province to amend the building code to mandate higher standards for ventilation, in light of the...
Ontario to be short 33,000 nurses and PSWs in five years: financial watchdog
TORONTO — Ontario's fiscal watchdog says the province is expected to be short 33,000 nurses and personal support workers in five years.
The Financial Accountability...
Rising complaints on health-care quality: Ontario patient ombudsman
TORONTO — Ontario's patient ombudsman says he has seen a rising number of complaints about poor quality of care in the health-care system and...
Minister has ‘ghosted’ families and isn’t providing reliable info: autism coalition
TORONTO — The Ontario Autism Coalition says families are having a difficult time accessing consistent, reliable and transparent information about services and it doesn't...
Alzheimer’s Society seeks funding to extend support pilot projects in Ontario
When Alfred Aquilina brought his wife to the long-term care facility that would be her new home, he was carrying her suitcase and a...
Ontario, federal government reach agreement in principle on health care
The federal government says it has reached an agreement in principle with Ontario on health care.
No further details were immediately available after the government...
Ontario looks to increase fines for LTC homes that fail to have AC in...
TORONTO — Ontario is proposing to increase fines for long-term care homes that do not have air conditioning in every resident's room.
A posting to...
No interest in ‘watering down’ LTC standards: Ontario minister
TORONTO — Ontario's long-term care minister says he will take a look at new national standards for the sector, but he has no interest...
Enbridge Gas Assists Huron Shores Fire Department in Supporting Firefighter Training
Municipality of Huron Shores, ON, January 24, 2023 – Enbridge Gas Inc. (Enbridge Gas) is helping Huron Shores Fire Department purchase firefighting training materials,...
Ontario pediatric hospitals ask for help to deal with backlog of 12,000 surgeries
Nearly 12,000 children are on a wait list for surgeries across Ontario, a situation officials at four major pediatric hospitals say is part of...
