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Ontario businesses affected by pandemic can now apply for federal financial support through CRA

CIEDITOR-SABRINANovember 23, 2020November 24, 2020

by CIEDITOR-SABRINANovember 23, 2020November 24, 20200

Businesses struggling to pay rents because of the pandemic are able to apply for federal government assistance beginning this week. The new Canada Emergency Rent...

Ontario looks to make adoption of children and youth in the welfare system easier

CIEDITOR-SABRINANovember 19, 2020November 19, 2020

by CIEDITOR-SABRINANovember 19, 2020November 19, 20200

The Ontario government announced that it is investing $1.5 million annually in programs and services to make the adoption process easier, a key commitment of...

Ontario to get $614 million in federal support for workforce development

CIEDITOR-SABRINANovember 13, 2020November 13, 2020

by CIEDITOR-SABRINANovember 13, 2020November 13, 20200

The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today announced the details of an investment of $1.5 billion in the Workforce Development Agreements (WDAs) with provinces and territories....

Ford govt. creates $1 billion fund for education, long-term care and municipal projects

CIEDITOR-SABRINAOctober 28, 2020October 28, 2020

by CIEDITOR-SABRINAOctober 28, 2020October 28, 20200

The Ontario government is providing up to $1.05 billion in combined federal-provincial funding through the new COVID-19 Resilience infrastructure stream to build or renovate health...

Ontario could see 1,000 COVID-19 cases a day in the first half of October

CIEDITOR-SABRINASeptember 30, 2020

by CIEDITOR-SABRINASeptember 30, 20200

The Ontario government today released updated COVID-19 modelling, which shows the province is experiencing a second surge in cases similar to what other jurisdictions including...

The largest South Asian Film Festival in North America opens today & it’s FREE

CIEDITOR-TWINKLEAugust 6, 2020

by CIEDITOR-TWINKLEAugust 6, 20200

Starting today BMO IFFSA Virtual 2020, is all set to bring 11 days of live events and world class cinema under 11 themes. You can...

Full-time school for elementary kids come September, hybrid model for secondary

CIEDITOR-SABRINAJuly 30, 2020

by CIEDITOR-SABRINAJuly 30, 20201

Elementary students in Ontario will be heading back to school full time in September. Most high school students, on the other hand, will split their...

Why young adults must take the coronavirus seriously

CIEDITOR-SABRINAJuly 24, 2020

by CIEDITOR-SABRINAJuly 24, 20200

Sabrina Almeida Premier Doug Ford made a strong appeal to young Ontarians to follow public health guidelines with respect to the coronavirus. The plea came...

Ontario to end academic and applied streaming in Grade 9

CIEDITOR-PRADIPJuly 9, 2020

by CIEDITOR-PRADIPJuly 9, 20200

Ontario says it will end streaming in Grade 9, a practice critics have called discriminatory towards racialized students. According to reports, Education Minister Stephen Lecce’s...

Economy posted record plunge in April: StatsCan

CIEDITORJuly 2, 2020

by CIEDITORJuly 2, 20200

The Canadian economy saw its largest monthly drop on record in April as it came to a near standstill due to the pandemic, but early...