CUPE 5678 Condemns Deep Staffing Cuts at Upper Canada District School Board Amid Ongoing Staffing Crisis

BROCKVILLE, ON – CUPE 5678 and the Ontario School Board Council of Unions (OSBCU) strongly condemn the Upper Canada District School Board’s decision to move ahead with significant staffing cuts despite a crisis in understaffing and growing student needs across the board. The board recently notified the local that it plans to eliminate 31.32 full-time…

ER wait-times for hospital admission increased 298 per cent over five years at North Bay hospital: CCPA report

Provincial underfunding is undermining timely access to hospital services North Bay, ON – The majority of Ontario’s 136 hospitals including the North Bay Regional Health Centre have carried operational deficits since 2022, and this puts an already precarious public system at risk, says new analysis from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA). In Failure,…

ER wait-times for a doctor’s assessment increased 169 per cent over five years at Health Sciences North: CCPA report

Provincial underfunding is undermining timely access to hospital services Sudbury, ON – The majority of Ontario’s 136 hospitals including Health Sciences North have carried operational deficits since 2022, and this puts an already precarious public system at risk, says new analysis from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA). In Failure, By Design: Ontario’s deepening…