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Sikh Groups Were Frustrated by Politicians’ Responses to the Targeting of Canadian Sikhs. So They Threatened to Bar Them from Photo Ops.

Moninder Singh, spokesperson for Sikh Federation Canada and the BC Gurdwara Council, told PressProgress that threatening to ...
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The Mixed Signals That Canada Post Workers Are Getting from Their Union

As voting gets under way on new collective agreements, CUPW's leadership is divided on whether members should accept the ...
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“Consolidation of Power” the Overarching Theme for Changes to Regional Governance in Ontario, Local Mayor Says

Ontario’s Recent Policy Changes Are Part of a Larger Pattern to Centralize Power and Silence Dissent, Critics Say Ford’s ...
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The Culture-War Talking Points Popular with the BC Conservative Leadership Candidates

With policies that range from rolling back supports for 2SLGBTQ+ students to putting restrictions on land acknowledgments, ...
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BC Health Experts Say the Province Has Solutions to the Toxic Drug Crisis. 10 Years In, Policies Still Ignore The Evidence.

We have this bizarre dichotomy where everybody agrees that this is a health issue, but the majority of the resources…goes to ...
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Tuberculosis Outbreaks Worsening in Nunavik While Quebec Government Ignores Calls to Declare Public Health Emergency

New research finds lack of resources, language barriers persist in this Inuit region, where Red Cross has been called to help ...
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Tuberculosis Outbreaks Worsening in Nunavik While Quebec Government Ignores Calls to Declare Public Health Emergency

“We have this bizarre dichotomy where everybody agrees that this is a health issue, but the majority of the resources…goes to law enforcement.” ...
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Three Canadian Provinces are on Board with Minimum Nurse-to-Patient Ratios. Here’s How Implementation is Going.

Hospitals across three Canadian provinces are starting to adopt a strategy that has improved patient outcomes and reduced nurse turnover rates in other countries: minimum nurse-to-patient ratios. Last ...
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Jesse Brown Insists He’s Done Nothing Wrong

Jesse Brown thought something fishy was going on with Reddit. According to the founder, publisher, editor-in-chief, spokesperson and public voice of the Canadaland podcast network, someone told him ...
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Doug Ford Got Rid of Toronto’s School Trustees. At One School, Things Blew Up.

Communication breakdowns with school administration, the removal of the locally elected representative who could advocate for students and the feeling that the province is not hearing their concerns ...
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Ontario’s Recent Policy Changes Are Part of a Larger Pattern to Centralize Power and Silence Dissent, Critics Say

Critics are calling out the Ontario government’s consolidation of provincial power, describing the wave of transformative policy changes claiming to “modernize” and streamline the province’s processes ...
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Here’s what changes to Freedom of Information laws mean for Ontario

A wave of changes is hitting Ontario, including one that is going to make finding things out about the province more difficult for reporters and the public. In March, Doug Ford announced that his ...