Homeless

If Canada is to hold its own in this complex world, it must be led by its populated communities

A grassroots group of municipal politicians is urging voters to make homelessness a provincial election issue, with the equivalent of a city larger than Sarnia living on the street across Ontario.  Calling the encampments that have cropped up in municipalities big and small in recent years a “human rights crisis,” the Ontario Coalition for the […]

Municipal groups say the growing service cost deficit has to be uploaded to the province

Amid a snap election, plenty of Londoners we sampled appear skeptical of Ontario's $3-billion mass mail-out of money to virtually everyone.

The Association of Municipalities of Ontario calculated there were at least 1,400 homeless encampments in the province in 2023

Promised by Premier Doug Ford last fall, $200 cheques are now landing in mailboxes across Ontario. Heather Rivers reports on what you need to know about them.

Premier Doug Ford plans to call a snap election next Wednesday and send Ontarians to the polls on Feb. 27, The Canadian Press has learned. Two senior government sources say Ford recently made the decision for the rare winter election after waffling for months. The Canadian Press is not naming them so they can speak […]

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he is all right but the vehicle he was travelling in got “hammered” when it was hit by another car Wednesday on Highway 401. The collision happened as Ford was on his way back from an announcement at Darlington Nuclear Generating Station in Bowmanville. The vehicle got “sideswiped,” Ford said. […]

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It seems everywhere you look these days, Premier Doug Ford is pointing a finger at the little guy. Cyclists are causing gridlock. Unhoused people in encampments are ruining parks. People who use drugs at supervised consumption sites (rather than in public spaces) are a threat to nearby schools. Read More