A building in London’s SoHo neighbourhood that was built in 1921 and once housed Western University medical students is getting a new lease on life as highly supportive housing units, with the help of an anonymous donor who pledged $4.8 million in capital funding and up to $1.1 million in matching funding in support of […]
As city hall looks to limit next year's tax hike, there's limited appetite to cut services either within the city hall or from agencies funded by the city
A local childcare provider says she’s getting the runaround when it comes to subsidized rates through the Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care (CWELCC) system. “There are no spaces left to expand (under the CWELCC system) according to what the government divvies up to every county,” Joan Finlay, owner of Unique Minds Childcare Inc. in […]
Amid drastic cuts to science programs, grants and funding, Great Lakes scientists are converging in Milwaukee this week to talk about resilience – not just in the lakes, but science […]
City politicians are now open to hearing about more potential service cuts to bring down next year’s tax hike – a partial reversal from a committee decision to reject many of the ideas. Council voted Tuesday to ask city staff to report back on three cost-saving measures: reducing road repairs, stopping the green bin pilot […]
Environmental experts say funding is at stake for the U.S. Geological Survey’s Ecosystems Mission Area, an important program that protects the Great Lakes. Read the full story by WRVO – […]
Oversight legislation making it easier for Queen's Park to take over school boards obscures key education funding issue, critics contend.
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Each summer, Lake Erie is plagued by toxic cyanobacterial blooms fed by phosphorus runoff from farm fields. Michigan is struggling to reduce the pollution by 40%.
Staying put in a hospital he admits he doesn't need, in a standoff over his care wants, Roger Foley is an extreme example of a bed-blocker.
Education Minister Paul Calandra is proposing sweeping new legislation to make it easier to take over school boards.
$110 million during 10 years is the price for bringing London's public housing stock – 68 per cent of which is in poor or very poor condition – up to snuff
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Opioid settlements with companies like Purdue Pharma, Walmart, and Johnson & Johnson have led to headline-grabbing multibillion-dollar payouts. But most of the windfall is flowing to state and local governments, not directly to victims of the crisis.