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Article content “From our standpoint, what that means is it’s due process and respects the rights of our officers and our members,” said Baxter, whose organization represents more than 28,000 police personnel from 46 police associations, including Chatham-Kent’s. “We know that allegations against frontline police officers are common. It really has become a point now where it just kind of goes with the job. We need to ensure that officers’ rights are respected and that they’re entitled to due process when they receive a complaint.” The new act will also hold chiefs and deputy c...

  TORONTO -- While Ontario has been ramping up its vaccination efforts and expanding eligibility to youth, an Ottawa-based family physician says primary care doctors like herself are being left behind on the roll-out process. Dr. Nili Kaplan-Myrth's pop-up vaccination blitzes, which she calls "Jabapalooza," have helped hundreds of Ottawa residents get their shots, delivering over 200 doses within a single day. But her plans for a third Jabapalooza on May 29 had been thrown in jeopardy after running into difficulty securing enough supply. "We had booked all of our patients, originally fo...

  TORONTO -- While Ontario’s new stay-at-home order will force most people indoors for the next month, one doctor says there’s nothing wrong with a little fresh air. “From a medical, scientific and public health standpoint, we know that outdoor environments are way safer compared to indoor environments when we look at transmission,” Dr. Isaac Bogoch told CTV News Toronto on Thursday. As an infectious diseases specialist and member of the province's vaccine distribution task force, Bogoch says that while there is still a chance you can catch COVID-19 while outdoors, the risk is ve...

Punch Newspapers Sections Published 8 March 2021 THE move by the House of Representatives to amend the provisions of the 1999 Constitution by removing matters relating to wages from the Exclusive Legislative List to the Concurrent Legislative List is a welcome development and long overdue. The bill, when assented to by the President after its passage by the lawmakers, will ensure that the respective 36 states and 774 local government areas in the country will determine different wages for their workers. Consequently, the Federal Government will lose its exclusive power to negotiate and determ...

TORONTO — While Ontario's sport minister says NHL teams could dine at certain restaurants not open to the public during the province's stay-at-home order, teams in Toronto haven't had meals outside . . .