NEW - The Centre for Mental Health and Addiction coming out against today’s news of a sped up timeline for alcohol in convenience stores.

“The main driver of alcohol-related harm is convenience”

Food banks are struggling to meet demand. Millions don't have a family doctor. And housing is unaffordable for many. Where's our political leadership? — by nam kiwanuka #topoli #onpoli #cdnpoli tvo.org/article/at-eve…

The $225 million, the government says, is to actually ensure The Beer Store doesn't shut down locations en masse.

The Beer Store must maintain a minimum of:
385 stores until 2025
300 until 2026

Current number of stores: 422

Meaning 122 stores have no protection.

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NEW: A Toronto daycare that signed on to the national childcare program is now in such financial difficulty that its board is considering closure.
Advocates say it's not a unique case in Ontario, and they say the province's funding model is the problem.
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#StarExclusive : The mercury poisoning Grassy Narrows First Nation was supposed to go away over time.

A new study has found current sulphate emissions from a paper mill are exacerbating the impact of the old mercury still in the river system. trib.al/TdkUpw1

The news of microplastics in all human testicles has generated a lot more coverage than the news of microplastics in all human breast milk and all human placentas.

It’s a week of action coming up, with rallies and protests to end homelessness, fund Ontario’s Supervised Consumption Sites, save our Southshore Shoreline, and save Public Health Care.

#Barrie #GetEngaged #Barrie Politics #Barrie Council

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Yaasss!! This doesn’t mean you can’t offer some fare relief for those in need but pushing to make the system free BEFORE you make it useful is senseless imo.

Mercury poisoning near Grassy Narrows First Nation worsened by discharges of industrial wastewater cbc.ca/news/canada/th…

Some city councillors want 'safety zones' to limit where protests are allowed in Toronto. This is a serious threat to pro-Palestine demonstrations, and all forms of political dissent

Take action here to make sure this motion does not pass: actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-ci…

Here's the rub: folks move to the suburbs to escape the density and intensity (and prices) of the city and find themselves...stuck in traffic. If we continue to layer suburbs upon suburbs in this region this will continue to be the outcome.

We need to shift to a complete

Food banks are struggling to meet demand. Millions don't have a family doctor. And housing is unaffordable for many. At every level of government, where’s our political leadership? I wrote about it TVO Today | The Agenda TVO.me

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Bradford Bypass is a blatant misuse of public funds | The Pointer thepointer.com/article/2024-0… Op-ed that captures how we got here and all that is missing in the process to date. This is how future highways in Ontario would be built under Doug Ford. Sandy Shaw MPP SCGC

Poilievre voted against environment & climate 400 times, incl bills to hold mining companies accountable for enviro damage, achieve climate targets, create high-quality jobs in low-carbon industries nationwide & align Canadian laws with the UNDRIP
desmog.com/2024/05/17/pie… #cdnpoli

Anyone else find it odd that Doug Ford is too embarrassed to divulge the names of the Hwy 413 “experts from around Ontario”?

These are all folks working for the Residential and Civil Construction Alliance of Ontario (RCCAO) - the lobby group who is essentially a front .. 🧵

Durham residents 'beg' province to stop closure of rural hospital's in-patient beds bradfordtoday.ca/local-news/dur…

A new study finds 30 years of exposure to air pollution could be more cancerous than smoking a pack a day for the same amount of time.

“People have a hard time imagining things being different than they are right now. But the only constant is cities change—for better or worse.

The best way to make a solution understandable is dramatize it. That is what highway removal does: It makes visible a different future.”

PRESS RELEASE: Ontario Place for All Condemns Provincial MZO of Ontario Place Lands mailchi.mp/eb9f0d8f2e57/p… #topoli #onpoli