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Ontario’s top judge calls for family law reform
TheStar.com – Ontario – Ontario’s top judge calls for family law reform
September 09, 2008. THE CANADIAN PRESS
There is a large appetite for the review and reform of Ontario’s family courts, Ontario Chief Justice Warren Winkler said today.
Currently, there are only 17 “unified,” or dedicated family courts scattered in various pockets of Ontario. None are located in Toronto.
“The time has arrived to implement a properly serviced unified family court system,” Winkler said a ceremony to mark the official opening of Ontario’s courts for the year.
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Justices seek to scrap family court
TheStar.com – Ontario – Justices seek to scrap family court: Custody battles and related disputes should be heard under one roof, they say
September 10, 2008 . Tracey Tyler, Legal Affairs Reporter
Two of Ontario’s chief justices are calling for the province’s family court system to be scrapped and replaced with a new model that would see custody and property disputes decided by judges housed in the same courthouse, alongside a variety of family support services.
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Canada’s sorry record of abandoning fathers
NationalPost.com – opinion – Canada’s sorry record of abandoning fathers
Posted: September 03, 2008. Barbara Kay, Full Comment
If you live in the Chatham, Ont., region, be warned that today you may happen upon a purple Barney Mobile full of scary characters like Batman, The Incredible Hulk and Wonder Woman.
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Seek alternatives to school closings
TheStar.com – Opinion/editorial – Seek alternatives to school closings
September 02, 2008
As Ontario schoolchildren return to class this week, some are facing more than just back-to-school jitters.
Labour troubles loom over the new school year after collective bargaining agreements for the province’s teachers expired on Sunday. The Catholic teachers’ union has already settled with the province, but unions representing public elementary and high school teachers have yet to strike a deal.
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End the wait on autism
TheStar.com – Opinion/editorial – End the wait on autism
August 24, 2008
Stacy Hayward thought her 4-year-old son’s long wait for autism therapy was finally over. More than 18 months after being diagnosed with the neurological disorder, Branden reached the top of the waiting list earlier this summer and was slated to start intensive behavioural intervention (IBI) in September.
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Native agency hailed for saving kids
TheStar.com – Ontario – Native agency hailed for saving kids
Kerry Gillespie. August 21, 2008
KASABONIKA, ONT.–The homes are full of mould, sewage backs up in the bathtubs, power is iffy and food costs twice what it does everywhere else.
But this town, 570 kilometres north of Thunder Bay, and other similarly remote communities are the only place thousands of Indian children have ever called home.
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Urban storm warning
TheStar.com – Opinion – Urban storm warning: To avoid this kind of unrest, Toronto must find ways to empower youth in poor areas
August 15, 2008. Simon Black
Two years ago, I wrote an article for Canada’s premier hip-hop culture magazine, POUND, arguing that it was not a matter of if but of when urban riots led by poor youth would erupt in Canadian cities.
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