Ontario Daily Digest: July 25, 2012

Aboriginal Affairs

Kenora Daily Miner and News: Liaison suspects regional impact of Missing Women is underestimated

Agriculture

CBC Toronto: Hot, dry summer will mean higher food prices, minister says

Globe and Mail: Drought imperils eastern Canada crops

Toronto Sun: Drought will up food costs: NDP

Better Farming: ‘We will contact the federal government again if needed’

Standardbred Canada: OHRIA Plan Approved, Released

CBC Sudbury: Sudbury horse racing industry stands to lose 500 jobs

Sudbury Star - Op-ed: 'Cash grab' to spell end of horse racing in Ontario: MPP

Thunder Bay Chronicle-Journal: Farmers, environment get a hand

Algo Centre Mall inquiry

CBC Sudbury: Investigators search Elliot Lake mall for evidence

Toronto Sun: Elliott Lake pulling through dark days following mall collapse

CETA:

iPolitics: CETA will constrain options for governments at all levels

Community Safety

Global News: Crime rates: Will more police curb the violence?

Toronto Star - Editorial: Leadership is lacking on fighting Toronto’s wave of gun violence

Toronto Star - Editorial: Politicians should address the real crime problems

Toronto Star: Walkom: Harper, McGuinty and Ford play the politics of death

Globe and Mail: Banishment is part of the judicial toolkit

Hamilton Spectator - Editorial: McGuinty helpful on gangs, mayor not so much

Economy

Globe and Mail: Auto makers rev up Canadian R&D

Toronto Star: GM Canada to invest $1 billion in R&D at Oshawa plant

DurhamRegion: GM to invest $1 billion in Oshawa for research and development

Toronto Sun: GM Canada follows through on bailout promise

CTV News: GM to invest $850M in research and development

Wheels.ca: Toyota to expand Lexus production in Canada

CTV News (CP): Toyota investing $100M in Ontario, hiring 400 workers

CBC Toronto: Toyota to hire 400 for Cambridge expansion

570News: Toyota Canada President heaps high praise on Cambridge plant workers

CTV News: Ontario home prices up 17 per cent since 2008

CBC Thunder Bay: Northern Ont. home sales lead price jump in province

Education

CBC Toronto (CP): Girls in Ontario more likely to be bullied than boys

Toronto Star: Summer widens rich/poor learning gap

Toronto Sun - MacDonald: Kids don’t need rewards to do good

Energy

London Free Press - Van Moorsel: Here's what Grit fiasco really cost us

Environment

Toronto Star: Ontario offering lake cleanup projects $25,000

CTV Toronto (CP): Ontario Great Lakes fund pays up to $25,000 for local environmental projects

Government Services

Brampton Guardian: ServiceOntario kiosks remain shutdown

Health Care

healthydebate: Learning from European and U.S. health care

Windsor Star: Exclude Extendicare from wage freeze, CAW leader urges

Ottawa Citizen: Give patients more choice over private health-care spending, doctors urge

Sudbury Northern Life: LHIN getting its priorities straight

Sudbury Star: Task force places hope in peer review

Intergovernmental Affairs

iPolitics (CP): Council of the Federation kicks off in Nova Scotia

CBC News: Premiers meet amid signs of 'public policy despair'

CBC News (CP): Shawn Atleo to push premiers over resource rights

Justice

CBC Toronto (CP): SIU clears Toronto police officer in fatal shooting

Toronto Star: SIU investigating after man dies in plunge into Niagara Gorge

CBC Toronto: Man dies after fall with police officer into Niagara Gorge

Labour

Sudbury Northern Life: Ministry still investigating Stobie Mine accident

Natural Resources

Sault Star: Dry conditions lead to more forest fires

Kenora Daily Miner and News: Lightning hits spark new fire starts

Tbnewswatch: MNR on the lookout for new fires in coming days

CBC Toronto: Fires force 200 from homes in cottage country

Toronto Star: Muskoka brush fire forces 50 to evacuate; water bomber helping battle blaze

CTV Toronto: Homes, cottages evacuated in Muskoka as brush fire rages

Ottawa Citizen: CFB Petawawa fire crews “mop up” remains of brush fire which threatened Algonquin Park

Timmins Press: Government’s paranoia fuels media’s suspicions

Northern Development

Tbnewswatch: Chiefs near Ring of Fire not seeing eye-to-eye on evictions

CBC Thunder Bay: Union recruits First Nations workers

Ornge

CBC Thunder Bay: Report reveals details of death on Ornge helicopter

Toronto Star: ORNGE: Air ambulance service seeks new CEO

CTV Toronto (CP): Ornge air ambulance looks for new president and CEO

Politics

London Free Press: September showdown

Waterloo Region Record: Horwath in Waterloo Thursday for NDP byelection candidate selection

Public Health

London Free Press: West Nile Virus detected

CBC News: Whooping cough surge in adults threatens babies

Globe and Mail - Picard: Comeback of a deadly disease, and where we went wrong

Ottawa Citizen: Ottawa Public Health issues a boil water advisory for Carp residents

CBC Ottawa: Carp well users under boil-water advisory

Training, Colleges and Universities

Timmins Press: Students earn research awards

Transportation

Waterloo Region Record - Editorial: Highway 7 is no Liberal priority

Ottawa Sun: No “significant” environmental issues in LRT plan