Updates to Oliver’s video surveillance policy ensuring better chain of responsibility and adherence to protection of privacy have been approved by Council. At the April 27 Regular Council meeting, updates to the Town’s Video Surveillance Cameras Policy was discussed and approved. A significant aspect of the updates includes a clearer explanation of the chain of […]

Newfoundland and Labrador is often touted as a leader in Canada when it comes to freedom of information legislation, but new information disclosed, appropriately enough, in response to an access to information request, paints the province in a different light.  After the government responds to an access request, it’s supposed to post its response publicly […]

Hundreds of patients are having non-fatal overdoses at Surrey Memorial Hospital every year, according to data obtained through a freedom of information request. But fatal overdoses are rare. According to the BC Coroners Service, four people died after taking illicit, unregulated drugs while they were patients at Surrey Memorial between 2020 and 2025. These deaths […]

Two motions at Ramara’s council meeting this week may bring some debate — and changes — down the road. The first was a notice of motion from Coun. David Snutch, in which he emphasized the need to increase updates to council regarding litigation. The motion suggests using the council information package (CIP) process and that […]

Heavy rain kept numbers low on Saturday at a protest rally in Pickering where demonstrators called for the end of the Ford government. About 50 people showed up outside the commercial plaza on Kingston Road where Pickering-Uxbridge MPP and Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy’s office is located. Among them was Uxbridge resident Patricia Sayers. “We want […]

Membertou First Nation’s chief and council are resetting the cannabis law process they have been working on for several years because they feel it needs more community participation and perspectives. Retired senator Dan Christmas, whom Chief Terry Paul asked to lead the original process in 2023, says the chief and band council want to make […]

“There are so many things we are protesting today,” said Rob Simpson. He is the chair of Dresden CARED, a group to formed to oppose the proposed York1 landfill just outside of the Dresden.  Simpson was part of province-wide Fight Ford Protest on Saturday in front of Lambton-Kent-Middlesex MPP Steve Pinsonneault’s Wallaceburg office. There was […]

TEMISKAMING SHORES — From Timmins to Temiskaming Shores, to Ottawa and across the GTA, protestors made their voices heard last Saturday in response to the Doug Ford government’s policies. A New Liskeard rally was part of the province-wide protest held on April 25 outside the Canada Post Office on Whitewood Avenue. The protests were aimed […]

Canada’s immigration and asylum systems are set for significant change after Parliament passed Bill C‑12, legislation the federal government says will make the system more efficient, more secure and better able to respond to sudden pressures. The Strengthening Canada’s Immigration System and Borders Act received royal assent on March 26, 2026, introducing new rules that […]

Mia Danyluk had a YouTube channel before she reached double digits. She was 11 years old when she signed up for Snapchat. In Grade 9, she joined Instagram. Perhaps unsurprisingly, it was on social media that she learned about Manitoba’s plan to ban children and youth from accessing these platforms. The irony was not lost […]

Many Chatham-Kent residents have been clamouring for change following a number of decisions made by Council during the 2022-26 term. The process of change begins on Friday when the nomination period for the 2026 Municipal Election opens. And there are already some major changes heading into the October 26 election. There will be three fewer […]

Just one day after Premier Doug Ford’s government passed extensive changes to Ontario’s Freedom of Information (FOI) law, Hastings–Lennox and Addington Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) Ric Bresee defended the overhaul as a matter of “clarity,” not reduced access — even as critics warn the changes could significantly limit what the public is allowed to […]