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StatsCan: Declining Citizenship Rate Amongst Newcomers Is Tied To Lower Incomes

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OTTAWA — Fewer newcomers from disadvantaged groups became Canadian citizens during a 10-year period that coincided with the previous Conservative government’s changes to the citizenship program, new Statistics Canada research shows.  The decrease was part an overall trend in declining citizenship rates among those who have been in Canada less than 10 years, despite the fact […]

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Ontario Fires 9 Health CEOs As It Starts Merging Agencies

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TORONTO — Ontario is starting to merge the province’s major health agencies such as Cancer Care Ontario and eHealth under one umbrella and firing the CEOs of nine Local Health Integration Networks. The province’s 14 LHINs and six health agencies will be consolidated into a new super agency called Ontario Health for an estimated $350 […]

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’80s Music Icon George Michael Dies on Christmas Day at 53

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Singer George Michael has died. He was 53. “It is with great sadness that we can confirm our beloved son, brother and friend George passed away peacefully at home over the Christmas period,” Michael’s publicist confirmed to Entertainment Weekly and PEOPLE. “The family would ask that their privacy be respected at this difficult and emotional […]