Tag: Ontario government
Ontario giving Southwestern Ontario non-profits $2M boost: officials
The Ontario government is giving more than $2 million to 16 Southwestern Ontario non-profits, including 10 in the London area, to support key programs and services in the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, officials say.
London West MPP Peggy Sattler returns as NDP house leader
Veteran London MPP Peggy Sattler has been named house leader for the official opposition, while the city’s two other NDP members get key roles in the party’s new shadow cabinet at Queen’s Park.
London’s top doctor: Seize your chance to get another COVID vaccine booster
Ontario is expanding eligibility for fourth COVID-19 vaccine doses to include all adults, but the province’s top doctor says healthy residents younger than 60 can choose to wait until the fall for a new shot that’s expected to better target Omicron variants.
Three southwestern Ontario MPPs named parliamentary assistants
Elgin-Middlesex-London’s Rob Flack, Chatham-Kent-Leamington’s Trevor Jones and Sarnia-Lambton’s Bob Bailey are among the 43 MPPs named by Premier Doug Ford as parliamentary assistants.
Rob Flack among local MPPs named parliamentary assistants
Three rookie Progressive Conservative MPPs from Southwestern Ontario and a Tory veteran have been named parliamentary assistants to ministers in Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s new cabinet.