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ONTARIO: Province spending $31 million more for children and youth mental health services

ONTARIO: Province spending $31 million more for children and youth mental health services

Elliott says the money will help improve access to specialized mental health services and shorten wait lists and wait times
ONTARIO: Opposition calls on Ford to provide clarity on school reopening decision

ONTARIO: Opposition calls on Ford to provide clarity on school reopening decision

Green party Leader Mike Schreiner says the premier's handling of the issue is a failure of leadership
ONTARIO: Closure of youth detention centres leaves some young people in limbo

ONTARIO: Closure of youth detention centres leaves some young people in limbo

The Ministry must reallocate funds further embracing decarceration and developing the readiness based framework that would help transform the lives of youth leaving state guardianship, researchers say
COVID-19: Survey shows some bosses are using the pandemic as an excuse to push workers

COVID-19: Survey shows some bosses are using the pandemic as an excuse to push workers

Study shows that COVID has changed workplace dynamics, mostly to the detriment of workers
ONTARIO 'He'll give you a straight answer,' colleagues say of next top doctor

ONTARIO 'He'll give you a straight answer,' colleagues say of next top doctor

The province said it was Moore's success in guiding Kingston and 10 other municipalities throughout the pandemic that led to his hiring
COVID-19: Canada won't rush reopening border with United States, Trudeau says

COVID-19: Canada won't rush reopening border with United States, Trudeau says

Trudeau said 75 per cent of Canadians need to be vaccinated and daily cases need to continue to decline across the country before his government would be willing to ease travel restrictions
CANADA: Trudeau promises more support for Indigenous Peoples after unmarked graves found

CANADA: Trudeau promises more support for Indigenous Peoples after unmarked graves found

Federal New Democrats are calling for an emergency debate in the House of Commons on the grisly discovery in British Columbia
ONTARIO: Court to wait until 2022 to sentence Toronto's van attack killer

ONTARIO: Court to wait until 2022 to sentence Toronto's van attack killer

Justice Anne Molloy says the court is waiting on a decision from the Supreme Court of Canada about serving murder sentences consecutively before proceeding
CANADA: Travel agencies report soaring bookings, but quarantine hotels hold people back

CANADA: Travel agencies report soaring bookings, but quarantine hotels hold people back

Large Canadian booking agencies like Flight Centre and tripcentral.ca have reported massive month-over-month increases in bookings since April, with Flight Centre reporting a nearly 20 per cent increase in bookings in April when compared to March
BEYOND LOCAL: Here's why female robots are seen as being 'more human' than male ones

BEYOND LOCAL: Here's why female robots are seen as being 'more human' than male ones

Why do we perceive female robots as more human than male robots?