Colin D'Mello
Queen’s Park Bureau Chief at CIII-TV (Toronto, ON)
Queen’s Park Bureau Chief, Global News Host, Focus Ontario President, Queen's Park Press Gallery [email protected]
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3 weeks ago |
globalnews.ca | Isaac Callan |Colin D'Mello
A high school in Kitchener, Ont., was closed on Thursday after there was a confirmed case of measles connected to the school by Waterloo Public Health (WPH). In a release, the Waterloo Region District School Board said that there were exposures on campus at Eastwood Collegiate Institute on May 7 and 8. It said the school was closed to allow for Public Health to complete the required steps in vaccination verification, but did not offer when the school would reopen.
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3 weeks ago |
globalnews.ca | Isaac Callan |Colin D'Mello
Ontario will remove tolls from the public portion of Highway 407, the Ford government has confirmed, delivering on an election promise made in February but stopping well short of demands from many groups to work on buying back the entire toll route. On Tuesday, the province announced it would remove the tolls from Highway 407 East, which runs through Durham Region from Brock Road to Highway 35/155, beginning on June 1.
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3 weeks ago |
globalnews.ca | Isaac Callan |Colin D'Mello
At the beginning of the year, a lobby group representing Ontario’s developers released a comprehensive report laying out how the fees homebuilders have to pay have increased, making it harder to kickstart new homes that people can afford. The Ontario Home Builders Association released its development charges study in January, advocating for a more uniform approach across the province to provide stability.
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3 weeks ago |
globalnews.ca | Isaac Callan |Colin D'Mello
The Ford government has unveiled its latest round of housing with a push to streamline development charges in hopes of boosting its flagging homebuilding statistics. On Monday, Housing Minister Rob Flack gathered municipal leaders and developers at a news conference in Vaughan, Ont., to announce the bill, along with a round of infrastructure funding.
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4 weeks ago |
globalnews.ca | Isaac Callan |Colin D'Mello
Ontario’s top doctor says measles cases in the province remain stable and largely isolated to a few specific cultural communities, but concedes convincing those groups to get vaccinated is “slow going.”Since October, Ontario has recorded more than 1,400 new measles cases, linked to an outbreak that began at a large gathering with guests from Mennonite communities in New Brunswick last fall.
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NEW: Ontario's CMOH says an infant, born with measles, has died. The child's mother had not received the MMR vaccine. Dr. Kieran Moore says measles "may have been a contributing factor." #ONpoli https://t.co/xJirUpdZ0g