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Ontario budget boosting home care funding, but unlikely to reach long-term care bed goal
Ontario is investing $1.1 billion more in home health care as it grapples with the reality that it is unlikely to achieve its goal of building 58,000 new long-term care beds by 2028. Source link
The parliamentary budget officer is caught again in partisan conflict. Should MPs pick their own watchdog?
It’s very possible the Conservatives will forget about their concerns as soon as the new PBO releases a report that is unflattering to the government. But ideally the appointment of an independent officer of Parliament would not be the subject of political conflict and partisan email campaigns. Source link
Death of First Nation chief's grandson in house fire spurs renewed calls for Ottawa to take action
The recent death of the three-year-old grandson of Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug Chief Donny Morris has prompted renewed calls for Ottawa to take action. The Oji-Cree community in northwestern Ontario and a tribal council launched a human rights complaint seven months ago against Indigenous Services Canada, arguing systemic discrimination is behind chronic underfunding of on-reserve fire services. […]
TD revises 2026 housing market forecast, expects sales and prices to fall this year
As of December, TD initially forecasted a 9.3 per cent year-over-year gain in home sales for 2026 as well as a 4.1 per cent increase in average home prices. The report says pent-up demand is taking longer than expected to return, but projects sales will rebound in 2027. Source link
Ottawa proposes $1.7B fund to help provinces lower cost of homebuilding
The federal government is proposing a $1.7-billion fund to help provinces and territories lower the cost of homebuilding. Source link
Liberal government targets deepfakes, foreign interference in major election law reforms
The Liberal government is introducing reforms that it says will allow the country to better detect and protect elections from foreign and domestic interference, bribery, disinformation and a host of other potential threats to democracy. Source link
In a series 1st, Bridgerton's new season spotlights a queer storyline. Fans have thoughts
For the first time, Bridgerton will focus on the lesbian love story between two woman leads — telling the story of “world-traveller Michaela and grieving widow Francesca.” Source link
Cats are killing a lot of birds
In this issue of our environmental newsletter, we get the latest scientific estimate of how many birds cats kill each year; check out the forecast for this year’s El Niño; and find out what’s in the e-waste Canadians throw out (hint: a lot of good stuff). Source link
Fossils discovered in Egypt may be the closest ancestor of all apes
Pieces of jawbone and teeth found in Egypt have been identified as a new early ape species named Masripithecus moghraensis, which lived about 17 million years ago Source link
As one N.W.T. diamond mine shuts down, these workers want to stay in the North
The Diavik diamond mine has been operating for decades, producing more than 150 million carats of diamonds. Not all of its workers are from the North, but at least some of those who’ve come up say they want to stay. Source link