Toronto – Oana Suteu Khintirian’s NFB-produced feature doc Beyond Paper will open on June 9 at the Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema in Toronto. In this visually arresting film, the director journeys around the globe to better understand how she can preserve her own heritage, as well as our collective memory. Beyond Paper grapples with essential questions at a critical moment in the history of the written word, …
Scarborough – The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) recognizes that community-driven initiatives are fundamental to fostering confidence in vaccination. As such, PHAC has partnered with community organizations to support increased access to credible and culturally appropriate information and education on vaccines, helping individuals make informed vaccination choices for themselves and their families. Shaun Chen, Member of Parliament for Scarborough …
Ottawa – The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) reminds travellers of what to expect when crossing the border over the Easter long weekend. Across the country, close to 6,600 border services officers are keeping harmful goods out of Canada, while ensuring legitimate travel and trade can continue efficiently and safely. In 2022, we facilitated the arrival of over 60 million …
Peterborough – Canadians have been clear that they want clean air, an efficient transportation system, and an economy that works for everyone and creates good, middle-class jobs. High Frequency Rail will do just that. In addition to reducing pollution, it will provide better and faster service between the major centres of Québec City, Trois-Rivières, Montréal, Ottawa, Peterborough and Toronto. As …
Toronto – January is Crime Stoppers Month in Toronto. Since 1984, Crime Stoppers has partnered with community leaders, the media and police – encouraging the public to leave tips and report crimes in our city to keep our communities safe.
Toronto – Mayor John Tory was joined by Ratna Omidvar, Senator, at Metro Hall, 55 John St., for the second Toronto Refugee Hiring Event to support refugees and help increase their access to meaningful employment opportunities in the city. The goal of the Toronto Refugee Hiring Event, which is free and open to the public until 3 p.m. today, is …
Toronto – Toronto Public Health (TPH) is bringing pop-up vaccination clinics to the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair (the Royal) and other locations where Torontonians live, work and play over the next two weekends. All TPH pop-up vaccination clinics now offer free COVID-19 and flu vaccines as part of the current annual influenza (flu) vaccination campaign. Anyone five years of age …
Toronto – Province of Ontario gave deadline for licenced child care operators to participate in the Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care (CWELCC) system. As of the Tuesday, November 1 provincial deadline, the City of Toronto received 979 responses from licenced child care operators, with 885 indicating their intent to opt-in and 94 operators indicating intent to opt-out. In Toronto, …
Toronto – Starting this month, the City of Toronto is expanding its Automated Speed Enforcement (ASE) program by installing 90-day warning signs at all future locations of the 25 new speed cameras approved by City Council. The 25 additional cameras (one additional camera per ward) are expected to begin enforcement in February 2023 and will join the 50 cameras currently …
Toronto – The City of Toronto will host a telephone town hall about the COVID-19 vaccination program on Tuesday, November 1, at 7 p.m. This telephone town hall, the first in a series of three, will be hosted by Associate Medical Officer of Health Dr. Vinita Dubey. During the town hall, Toronto residents can ask questions about the COVID-19 bivalent …
