Tag: Linda Jeffrey

  • Asian Silver Carp Set To Invade Great Lakes

    Asian Silver Carp Set To Invade Great Lakes

    The Great Lakes are one of the world’s most important natural resources – holding one fifth of the world’s fresh surface water, home to more than 150 species of fish, and vital to the economy of Ontario and neighbouring U.S. states. But several kilometres from Lake Michigan lurks a threat that could change the Great…

  • Ontario Liberals: Too Many Architects Mopping Floors, Driving Taxis

    Ontario Liberals: Too Many Architects Mopping Floors, Driving Taxis

    TORONTO – The Ontario Liberal Plan will help highly educated new Canadian citizens get on-the-job training needed to be certified in their chosen profession, Linda Jeffrey, Minister of Natural Resources in the Ontario Liberal government said today. “We have too many engineers and architects driving taxis and mopping floors,” Jeffrey said. “We need everyone at…

  • Ontario Deploys Mobile Medical Unit To Aid Fire Evac

    Ontario Deploys Mobile Medical Unit To Aid Forest Fire Evacuation 2,730 People Evacuated From Northwestern Ontario The province is sending the Emergency Medical Assistance Team (EMAT) to support forest fire evacuees in Northwestern Ontario. EMAT will be on hand to provide medical assessment to evacuees arriving in Thunder Bay, to address a range of immediate…