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Liberals amend daycare bill to mitigate potential lost spaces

The exemptions include a one-year grace period for unlicensed daycares who are in violation of the new regulations. ...

OPSEU to hold strike vote after Liberal contract offer offends

Union leader describes government's opening position as a 'political restructuring of the public service.' ...

Province invests $3 million in stem cell research institute

Ontario Institute for Regenerative Medicine not only searching for antidotes to chronic diseases but also hopes to foster economic opportunities through the commercialization of discoveries. ...

Province launches review of Toronto school board

'It is clear that the issues at TDSB go beyond simply competing personalities,' Education Minister Liz Sandals says in announcing appointment of a fact-finder to delve into board's governance structure and other issues. ...

Happening: Province sets up pilot program for seniors transport

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Happening: Hydro One still has 57,000 customers without power

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Heard: Ontario colleges allow business students to transfer credits

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Tighten lobbyist rules and exempt universities from oversight, committee told

The province's integrity commissioner and the senior policy advisor of the Council of Ontario Universities were among the witnesses who urged changes to the government's public sector accountability legislation. ...

Ontario aims to cut bee-killing pesticide use by 80 per cent

Move to reduce use of neonicotinoid-treated seeds and establish a comprehensive pollinator health action plan draws cheers from health and environment leaders. ...

Pickering N-plant leak ‘resolved virtually immediately’: Chiarelli

OPG says there was no impact on the station staff, the public or the environment, and the cause of the leak is under investigation. ...

Contract offer prompts OPSEU to hold strike vote next week

Recoiling at the government's early contract offer, OPSEU going to its membership for a strike option, union leader Smokey Thomas declares, 'and then the employer can still come to the table and bargain.' ...