CALEDON — The Ontario government is investing $47.5 million to support safe and healthy learning, along with implementing the most comprehensive plan in Canada to restrict student use of cellphones and ban vaping in schools. By removing distractions, students can focus their attention on academic achievement, which will include modernized courses in business and career studies, and technological education. “With …
Ontario Expanding Access to Cardiac Care in Windsor
WINDSOR — The Ontario government is investing up to $31 million to support the renovation and expansion of Windsor Regional Hospital’s cardiac catheterization lab, connecting more people in Southwestern Ontario to life-saving cardiac care, closer to home. Through this investment, over 17,000 square feet of space will be renovated into a new and modernized catheterization lab suite. The larger space and 24-hour service will allow Windsor …
Connecting Youth in Peel Region to Mental Health Services
BRAMPTON — The Ontario government is making it faster and easier for young people to connect to mental health and substance use services by launching a new Youth Wellness Hub in Brampton to serve Peel Region. This is one of the 10 new hubs that the government is adding to the network of 22 hubs already opened since 2020, bringing the total …
Getting Health Care in Ontario
Ontario – Find information about new health care services Health Ontario manages, and the health care services previously managed by the agencies that now make up Ontario Health. You can also get connected to health care services 24/7 through Health811. Use the health services directory tool to search by type of service or location. One of the framework’s key areas of …
Ontario Launches Bereavement Support Program
Funding will provide families of fallen public safety personnel with rapid access to mental health supports AURORA — The Ontario government is investing over $3 million to support families of first responders and public safety personnel who are killed in the line of duty or have died by suicide. The funding will provide free rapid bereavement counselling for up to …
Recruiting More Personal Support Workers into Long-Term Care
New incentives will help attract thousands of PSW students and recent graduates to connect people to care TORONTO — The Ontario government is investing more than $300 million over three years to help thousands of people launch careers as personal support workers in long-term care homes and in the home and community care sector. Recruiting more personal support workers is …
Accessing Health Care in Northern Communities
Three new Northeastern Ontario Health Teams will better connect and coordinate care for people in their community SUDBURY — The Ontario government has approved three new Ontario Health Teams in Northeastern Ontario that will break down barriers to better connect people to care within their community. By working together, Ontario Health Teams ensure people can move between health care providers …
Announcing largest electric buses project in North America
Saint-Eustache – Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Infrastructure and Communities, Geneviève Guilbault, Deputy Premier and Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility, and Benoit Charette, Minister of the Environment, the Fight Against Climate Change, Wildlife and Parks and Minister responsible for the Laurentides Region announced investments of over $780 million from the Government of Canada and over $1.1 billion from …
Ontario Welcomes Major Investment to Manufacture More Vaccines
Moderna and Novocol Pharma partnership will create new jobs in Cambridge CAMBRIDGE — The Ontario government has secured a multi-million-dollar investment from Moderna Inc. to expand vaccine manufacturing and provide Ontarians with faster, more reliable access to life-saving vaccines. The Ontario government is supporting the project with a $4 million investment through the Ontario Together Fund. “Moderna’s new investment is a …
Oprovince, Association of Ontario Midwives Reach Agreement
TORONTO — On March 31, 2023, members of the Association of Ontario Midwives (AOM) successfully ratified a new one-year funding agreement with the Government of Ontario. The new agreement provides an investment of $16 million to increase compensation and expand access to midwifery services. By working together, the Ontario government and AOM are ensuring that families in Ontario can look …
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