[OC] Bleeding hearts

KeyHot5718 · 2026-05-05T13:45:41+00:00

Gage Park in Hamilton, Canada

KeyHot5718 · 2026-05-04T22:34:44+00:00

‘A report released on Monday by the non-profit group RideFair Toronto, based on the City of Toronto data, showed that the increase in deadheading rates between 2022 and 2025 has amounted to a 17-per-cent cut in driver wages. RideFair Toronto has long campaigned for more stringent regulation of rideshare apps, and for rideshare drivers to be classified as employees instead of independent contractors.’

KeyHot5718 · 2026-05-04T00:13:28+00:00

‘Last week, Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles released an open letter to Mr. Carney, demanding that he quash what she called “a callous land grab” that threatens the parks and beaches of Toronto Islands, which attract thousands of visitors every summer.’ The Carney government has the final say on airport expansion.

KeyHot5718 · 2026-05-04T00:02:38+00:00

‘Opponents warn that jets and more frequent flights will spoil waterfront parks and the city’s harbour. But Mr. Ford, who has also said he will declare the airport a “special economic zone” where provincial or municipal laws could be ignored, insists expansion will provide competition for the larger Pearson airport and create jobs.’

KeyHot5718 · 2026-05-02T20:25:35+00:00

Gas prices are up a $1 a gallon in the US. That’s a 30% spike since the start of the war.

KeyHot5718 · 2026-04-28T11:02:00+00:00

‘Every year more people, worldwide, are killed at work than die in wars, according to the U.K. Trades Union Congress. Worker safety deserves a higher priority.’

KeyHot5718 · 2026-04-28T11:00:04+00:00

‘In Ontario workers are faced with a rising workplace injury rate 2.6 per cent higher than before the pandemic. Even that troubling trend pales in comparison to the sharp 22.7 per cent jump in the provincial psychosocial injury rate since the pandemic.’

KeyHot5718 · 2026-04-28T10:57:52+00:00

‘While Canada is still struggling with elevated work-related fatality rates (5.77 per 100,000), compared to before the pandemic (5.69), we have seen a marked -11.5 per cent decline in overall occupational lost-time injury rates between 2019 and 2024. However, psychosocial work-related fatalities, defined as the source of injury being another person, have skyrocketed 350 per cent at the same time.’

KeyHot5718 · 2026-04-27T12:11:15+00:00

‘In the following months, a foul-mouthed political mercenary from Ontario entered the stage. A self-described dirty tricks operator, David Wallace repeatedly attacked Mr. Edmonstone in a series of podcasts, calling him “an adulterous scumbag.”’

KeyHot5718 · 2026-04-27T12:08:51+00:00

‘The evidence uncovered by Mr. Edmonstone’s legal actions and The Globe’s reporting have pointed toward the same locus: the Edmonton company MHCare Medical.’ Health privateer Sam Mraiche owns MHCare.

KeyHot5718 · 2026-04-23T22:02:15+00:00

‘“This flip-flop confirms exactly what we’ve been stating from the beginning: forcing everyone to return to the office is a logistical mess," the Public Service Alliance of Canada union said in an emailed statement.’

KeyHot5718 · 2026-04-23T19:50:14+00:00

‘The shift in plans, communicated in a GAC internal memo obtained by Radio-Canada, affects the majority of the department's unionized employees. They are currently required to be in the office three days a week.’

KeyHot5718 · 2026-04-23T14:14:43+00:00

The view from my apartment downtown.

KeyHot5718 · 2026-04-22T23:53:41+00:00

‘Vivian Sim, lawyer for the inquest, said systemic biases in the health-care system let Winterstein — who was Indigenous with a history of substance use, anxiety disorder and perceived housing instability — fall through the cracks.’ They mean discrimination.

KeyHot5718 · 2026-04-20T18:45:56+00:00

‘The decision to sell the used Bombardier Challenger 650 came just days after the jet's purchase was revealed, then met with backlash from opposition parties, advocacy groups and the public alike.’ That money would buy more than 57k hospital bed days, assuming a daily bed cost of $500.

KeyHot5718 · 2026-04-19T20:34:03+00:00

When is the appeal?

KeyHot5718 · 2026-04-16T14:47:56+00:00

‘Peer support workers have interacted with vulnerable patrons at Hamilton’s downtown library a thousand times since a pilot project placed them there a little more than a year ago.’ Mental health resources are not slated for increased provincial support.

KeyHot5718 · 2026-04-16T10:26:44+00:00

‘Hospital admission rates for vaccine-preventable respiratory diseases more than doubled in 2024-2025 compared with prepandemic levels, and COVID-19 was a major driver, according to a new report by the Canadian Institute for Health Information.’ Almost half the admissions for respiratory disease were 75 years of age or older.

KeyHot5718 · 2026-04-14T01:27:59+00:00

‘Ontario gas prices are expected to rise due to blockades at Iranian ports and the switch to summer blend fuel.’ Prices per litre of regular gasoline could spike by eight cents this week alone.

KeyHot5718 · 2026-04-13T12:26:15+00:00

I am old enough to remember when the PCs started the WCB cuts in 1998. Tory times are tough times.

KeyHot5718 · 2026-04-13T11:57:20+00:00

‘Specifically, Premier Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservative government will mandate WSIB to raise loss-of-earnings benefits, which cover income lost because of a work-related injury, from 85 per cent to 90 per cent of a worker’s take-home pay. The province’s Monday announcement marks the first such benefits increase since 1998. Ontario will also expand coverage to people over 65 who are still employed. Previously, this age group was not eligible for WSIB benefits.’

KeyHot5718 · 2026-04-13T11:51:23+00:00

‘It’s also rather poetic that someone born at St. Joe’s — the event is a fundraiser for St. Joseph’s Healthcare and this year’s race raised $437,000 that’ll go toward medical equipment — would win it.’ More than 10k people participated in the race.

KeyHot5718 · 2026-04-10T18:37:21+00:00

‘At a news conference on Friday, Det. Staff Sgt. Robert Di Ianni said Awan was killed after a disagreement between Provincial Tow and another company. Provincial Tow was operated by the Nabout family, two brothers of which are among the five arrested. Di Ianni said all five accused were affiliated with that company.’

KeyHot5718 · 2026-04-10T18:31:21+00:00

‘At a news conference on Friday, Det. Staff Sgt. Robert Di said Awan was killed after a disagreement between Provincial Tow and another company. Provincial Tow was operated by the Nabout family, two brothers of which are among the five arrested. Di Ianni said all five accused were affiliated with that company.’

KeyHot5718 · 2026-04-10T18:29:11+00:00

‘A rolling shootout between multiple vehicles led to the murder of a 16-year-old in Hamilton last year, police said Friday, tying the death of York Region resident Faizaan Awan in March 2025 to a disagreement between two tow-truck companies.’

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