Tag: linda jeffrey
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Ontario Caps Rent Increases for 2014 at 0.8 Per Cent for Some Canadian Tenant Households
This video presents “MPP Schein calls on Liberal government to protect tenants”: MPP Schein in the legislature called on the Liberal provincial government to close the loophole that excludes thousands of Ontarians from rent control protections: Tenants living in rental units built after 1991 are not covered by the rent increase guidelines in the Residential…
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Seniors’ New Year’s Resolution: Use Ontario’s Ten Tips to Avoid Scams
This video explains the global “Grandparent Scam” in which scammers swindle seniors in many countries including United States, Japan, New Zealand and the U.K.: Seniors, make it a New Year’s resolution to be vigilant, and not be victims of scammers and fraudsters! Ontario, Canada, provides the following ten tips to help you as seniors to…
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Ontario Returned All Forest Fire Evacuees Back to Their Homes
This is an update to my previous blog: Forest Fire Evacuees of the Mishkeegogamang First Nation are the First to Come Home. Although on August 3, 2011, there were 135 active forest fires in northwstern Ontario, all communities affected by the recent forest fires have been deemed safe as Ontario returned all displaced residents back…
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Emergency Medical Assistance Team Aids Forest Fire Evacuation From Northwestern Ontario
2,730 people were evacuated from communities threatened by more than 100 forest fires in Northwestern Ontario. Yesterday, the evacuees were arriving at Lester B. Pearson International Airport in Toronto from Thunder Bay enroute to host communities across Southern Ontario. A media centre was being set up at the Lester B. Pearson International to provide information…
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Urgent Call for Canadians: Four Days Left to Speak Out on Ontario’s Mega Quarry!
This is an update to my previous blog Please Request an Environmental Assessment on Ontario’s Mega Quarry Before July 11, 2011. Please see the Avaaz.org letter below calling for urgent action on Ontario’s Mega Quarry in Canada – 4 days left to speak out!
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80 Ontario FireRangers Coming to the Rescue & Fight Wildfire in Slave Lake Today
While Slave Lake residents in northern Alberta, Canada, are getting out of town due to the out-of-control catastrophic wildfire, eighty Ontario FireRangers will be coming to Slave Lake this afternoon to assist Alberta in combating a forest fire that is devastating the Slave Lake town. Please note that Ontario will assess its ability to provide…