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BEYOND LOCAL: How the role of designated driver has modernized

BEYOND LOCAL: How the role of designated driver has modernized

The concept of Buddy Circles expands the designated driver role to include broader substance use and other risks
ONTARIO: Province to avoid charges for some impaired drivers due to COVID-19 court backlog

ONTARIO: Province to avoid charges for some impaired drivers due to COVID-19 court backlog

The ministry consulted with stakeholders such as MADD Canada, Arrive Alive and the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police (OACP) about the directive
Second lockdown could slow Ontario's economic recovery as it faces $37B deficit: FAO

Second lockdown could slow Ontario's economic recovery as it faces $37B deficit: FAO

The Financial Accountability Office said Thursday the economic reopening was earlier and broader than it expected, and as a result, the agency now projects Ontario's real gross domestic product will decline by 6.8 per cent this year, rather than the nine per cent it forecast in the spring.
CANADA: Sex trafficking survivors push on despite added challenges from COVID-19 pandemic

CANADA: Sex trafficking survivors push on despite added challenges from COVID-19 pandemic

Case worker says many agencies and resources that women who have been sexually exploited currently rely on aren’t taking clients or are closed all together
ONTARIO: FAO says second lockdown could slow economic recovery as it faces $37B deficit

ONTARIO: FAO says second lockdown could slow economic recovery as it faces $37B deficit

The Financial Accountability Office says the economic reopening was earlier and broader than it expected, and as a result, the agency now projects Ontario's real gross domestic product will decline by 6.8 per cent this year, rather than the nine per cent it forecast in the spring
Toronto police to provide update on 1984 murder of Christine Jessop

Toronto police to provide update on 1984 murder of Christine Jessop

The man whose DNA sample matched Jessop's underwear passed away in 2015
CANADA: Online hate, racist hiring practices among targets of $15M federal anti-racism funds

CANADA: Online hate, racist hiring practices among targets of $15M federal anti-racism funds

Liberals promised to double the funding for the strategy in the 2019 election campaign but that has not yet happened
CANADA: Feds can use spending power to fight anti-Indigenous racism in health care, minister says

CANADA: Feds can use spending power to fight anti-Indigenous racism in health care, minister says

Indigenous Services Minister says the treatment of Joyce Echaquan, who used her phone to livestream hospital staff using racist slurs against her as she lay dying in a Quebec hospital, is more evidence of the ways the system has failed Indigenous people for generation
COVID-19: Govts, companies shifted risk management responsibility to individuals, study says

COVID-19: Govts, companies shifted risk management responsibility to individuals, study says

Messaging has shifted, urging customers to follow guidelines
ONTARIO: Physicians lobby government for exemption to use ‘magic mushrooms’

ONTARIO: Physicians lobby government for exemption to use ‘magic mushrooms’

Five physicians in the Northwest are requesting an exemption to use ‘magic mushrooms’ for experiential training in order to help guide terminally ill patients using the treatment