Unpublished Newswire
Ottawa’s new ambulance dispatch system launches Wednesday, bringing changes to the way paramedics prioritize emergency calls. Under the Medical Priority Dispatch System, or MPDS, ambulances will be dispatched based on answers to detailed questions, and according to five colour-based levels based on the “acuity” of the situation. Top-priority calls are now marked as “purple,” which […]
April 10, 2024 - 13:39 | Marlo Glass | Ottawa Citizen
Government House Leader Paul Calandra says the Ontario government will be supporting an NDP bill to declare intimate partner violence an epidemic in the province.
April 10, 2024 - 13:35 | | CBC News - Ottawa
The federal government says Canada is at risk of another devastating wildfire season, after an unusually warm winter, widespread drought conditions and a forecast of above-normal temperatures in the months ahead.
April 10, 2024 - 13:28 | | CBC News - Ottawa
As the United States calls for nationwide plans to quickly test and treat humans during an outbreak of bird flu, Canada says it has similar measures available to monitor and detect the virus.
April 10, 2024 - 13:21 | Christl Dabu | CTV News - Canada
Christopher Traverse was arrested and charged on Feb. 1 for sexual assault, sexual interference, and child pornography. Police said the victim was an elementary-school-aged child.
April 10, 2024 - 13:16 | Daisy Woelk | Global News - Canada
The Ontario government unveiled a new housing bill on Wednesday that would eliminate requirements for parking spaces in developments near major public transit stations and bring in promised “use-it-or-lose-it” rules meant to get developers sitting on approvals to start construction, among other changes.The proposed legislation would also allow publicly funded universities in Ontario to be exempt from the normal planning rules, as the province’s colleges are already, in order to get more student housing built more quickly.And it would ban appeals of zoning amendments for development...
April 10, 2024 - 13:11 | Jeff Gray | The Globe and Mail
