Ontario goes backward on heat pumps (www.thespec.com)
Encouraging heat pumps over natural gas would lower long-term costs for homeowners and reduce Ontario's CO2 emissions.
Developer appeals 39-storey highrise pitch for downtown Hamilton parking lot to tribunal (www.thespec.com)
Report from seniors advocate blasts for-profit long-term care delivery in B.C. (www.thespec.com)
Isobel Mackenzie said a review of financial records from 2021 and 2022 shows that long-term care facilities operated by for-profit companies delivered 500,000 fewer care-hours than they were funded for by the province....
UN report on Ecuador links crime with poverty, faults government for not ending bonded labor (www.thespec.com)
A U.N. envoy urged Ecuador's leaders Friday to boost enforcement of labor laws and end popular fuel subsidies as part of key policy changes needed alongside their continuing efforts to combat the drug-related crime that has undermined the country's peaceful image....
Canadian police officer admits lying 17 times at trial for long grooming and sexual assault (www.thespec.com)
Elected life becoming less and less attractive (www.thespec.com)
In defence of civic responsibility (www.thespec.com)
Ghana votes to abolish the death penalty 30 years after last execution (www.thespec.com)
Ghana’s parliament has voted to abolish the death penalty for all crimes except high treason, formalizing what has been a de facto moratorium on executions for the past three decades....
