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editor, writer, talking head, optimistic nomad, loyal to the end
Joined March 2010
We spoke to Nancy Halupa, whose been a nurse for 25 yrs: ‘This pandemic broke me. The anxiety of not knowing how many patients I would be bagging because our morgue was full…Every patient that died, I remember their face.’ For the full conversation #TVOTheThread tonight 9pm @tvo
This month on The Thread, we talked to you about mental health in Ontario—from accessible support for youth and marginalized communities to the opioid crisis. Watch the conversation highlights tonight at 9pm on TVO and
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RT @Joyhenderson78: This is a friend's child. He was sweet and spunky with a twinkle in his eye. He was a beautiful Afro-Indigenous boy, wi….
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An eight-year-old boy has died after being struck by a stray bullet while he was in bed at home in a North York apartment building, police say. The family of the boy has identified him as Jahvai Roy.
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RT @CTVVancouver: Another 41 unmarked graves detected at B.C. residential school site, First Nation says
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The shishalh First Nation says 41 “additional unmarked graves” have been found as a result of a search with ground-penetrating radar on the site of a former residential school.
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RT @EmmaMci: The Ford government touted Therme as a ‘world-class’ partner for Ontario Place. In Europe, ‘significant’ concerns have emerged….
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The warning is included in previously unreported audits. Therme says it doesn't reflect the strong financial footing of the global business.
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RT @carolynhparrish: Mississauga will continue the current hybrid work weeks with optional 3 days in office and 2 remote. 80% of 8378 staff….
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RT @TorontoStar: The $1.5 billion renovation of Ontario’s civil service headquarters is over budget and delayed. But the Ford government wo….
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A year-and-a-half late and over budget, the Ontario government's renovation of its 1971 Macdonald Block civil service headquarters is a conundrum, with scant detail on where it goes from here.
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RT @JeremyGWithers: A few huge financial firms are buying up Toronto's purpose-built rental,📈from 14% to 24% of all units 2010-21. Starlig….
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The research looked at more than 200,000 evictions and found financial firms pursue evictions at a rate 1.5 times higher than chain landlords and 2.5 times more than single-building landlords.
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RT @Jeff_Schlemmer_: Ontario senior citizens are the fastest growing demographic entering homeless shelters. No one wants this. What an ext….
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Isisdoro Ventullo’s struggle to find a new permanent home highlights the problems faced by Toronto seniors who are evicted from their neighbourhoods.
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RT @drandrewb: Just in today’s clinic, I helped prescribe access to three air conditioners. Here’s why: . a $500 air conditioner can help p….
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RT @JessicaBellTO: Why are U.S. companies being awarded public contracts to build Ontario hospitals?. The trade war has been going on for m….
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RT @ColinDMello: The Premier says among the reasons for the mandatory back-to-work policy: Productivity, mentorship and the economy. "I b….
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‘. include a mother who said she couldn’t readily access formula for her baby; a three-year-old boy who was throwing himself on the ground due to lack of sleep and anxiety; and a six-year-old with leukemia who had no access to his regular cancer treatment’
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One child was detained for 51 days, more than double the legal detention period, a Globe and Mail analysis found
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RT @jm_mcgrath: From me back in ye olden dayes of 2021. Lest anyone think that I'm even a little influential. https….
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RT @TinaYazdani: CityNews has learned the Ford government finalized a contract last month, partially outsourcing Canada’s largest healthcar….
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RT @CBCQueensPark: My sources were indeed correct: . Ontario ordering public servants back into office full time. •four days/week starting….
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Premier Doug Ford’s government is ordering Ontario public servants to work from the office four days a week starting this fall and then full time in January.
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RT @ColinDMello: NEW: Years’ worth of data shows the level of violence reported by Ontario’s school boards has spiked by 77 per cent since….
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RT @BBCAfrica: BBC News statement in response to claims regarding the #BBCAfricaEye investigation, ‘Madams: Exposing Kenya’s Child Sex Trad….
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RT @TorontoStar: Thousands of tons of recyclables could end up in landfills next year if municipalities opt out of running expensive collec….
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Retailers, restaurants and other institutions were left out of Ontario's privatization plan for recycling. If municipalities shut down collection services, they might have to send their recyclables...
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