Ontario Daily Digest: May 5, 2012

Agriculture

Better Farming: Egg industry ‘whistleblower’ loses $63,000 contempt appeal

Community Safety

680News: Ontario's fallen police officers to be honoured Sunday at Queen's Park

CityNews: Fallen police officers to be honoured at Queen's Park

CBC News: Ontario to retain gun ledgers despite 'contempt' accusation

Toronto Sun: Sports shooters fire back at Ontario's collection of long-gun info

Education

The Atlantic: What America Can Learn From Ontario's Education Success

Toronto Star: Province’s new school fundraising rules don’t address rich/poor gap, say critics

Ottawa Sun: Ontario limits fundraising in schools

Hamilton Spectator: School’s out … forever?

Finance

The Wellington Advertiser: White: War is brewing between cities and countryside

Windsor Star: Windsor Raceway closure threatened

CBC Windsor: Windsor Raceway poised to close Aug. 31

London Free Press: Dresden ready for summer despite OLG slots decision

Government Services

Metro: Ontario to expand requests for organ and tissue donors

Health Care

Toronto Star: Ontario doctors appeal to public in contract dispute with province

Globe and Mail - Radwanski: Three specialist groups at core of effort to curb Ontario doctors’ salaries

CBC Thunder Bay: Province 'hammering' physicians, neurosurgeon says

Toronto Star: Technology and the case for cutting doctors’ compensation

Ottawa Citizen - Heartfield: Canada’s other drug war

Ottawa Sun: Province caves, vows to cover cancer meds

National Post: Matt Gurney: Giving your wife fluoride shouldn’t make you a sex abuser

CBC Windsor: Windsor hospital CEO takes responsibility for surgery mistake

CBC Sudbury: New support workers to help with aggressive residents

iPolitics: Hip and knee implants need improved monitoring, assessment

Health Care - Hospitals

St. Catharines Standard: New hospital for south Niagara welcomed as exciting news

Bullet News Niagara: Mayors are prepared to consider possibility of one new hospital for all of south Niagara

Bullet News Niagara: Column: NDPs Horwath wants public consultation on new Niagara hospital, but just can’t quite commit to supporting a new one for West Lincoln

St. Catharines Standard: Life for West Lincoln hospital project?

Hamilton Spectator: West Lincoln needs radical change, say Hamilton hospital CEOs

St. Catharines Standard: Hudak won’t rule out second new hospital

St. Catharines Standard - Op-ed: Tim Hudak wants to take politics out of NHS decision-making ... seriously???

Bullet News Niagara: Hudak behind idea of second new hospital for Niagara, but wonders why Liberals won’t build them in Tory ridings

Niagara Falls Review - Op-ed: Avoid parochialism in new hospital planning

Hamilton Spectator - Op-ed: Reconsider Grimsby’s hospital project

Justice

CBC Ottawa: Queensway fall to be probed by SIU

Toronto Star - Op-ed: Canadians have a right to expect police to tell the truth — all the time

Labour

Toronto Star: WSIB will give small hike in benefits to partially disabled

Natural Resources

Orangeville.com: No rural public hearings for aggregate review

Northern Development

North Bay Nugget: Mayors warn ONTC is just the beginning

Republic of Mining: NEWS RELEASE: New mining regulations require Anishinabek consultation: Chief Day

Republic of Mining: NEWS RELEASE: Rainy River Resources Signs Participation Agreement with Rainy River Area First Nations

Politics

Toronto Star: Liberals courting Tory and NDP MPPs to resign to force more by-elections

Waterloo Region Record - D'Amato: D’Amato: Liberals right at home in Waterloo

London Free Press - Editorial: Witmer's 22-year career eclipsed by final betrayal

Waterloo Region Record: D’Amato: NDP well-positioned for byelection

Public Health

National Post: Newsmaker: Beware the bed bugs

Transportation

Toronto Star: Ontario has new strategy to entice motorists to go electric