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When long-term-care workers were told they had to pick a single employer during the pandemic, an overwhelming number chose their city of Toronto job, the Star has learned.Data on salary and benefits from two major unions representing workers in Toronto and beyond provided to the Star may explain why: Municipal long-term-care workers in all comparable categories were paid on average $3.18 to $4.65 more per hour than their for-profit and $3.42 to $4.60 more than their non-profit counterparts.The Star is examining the outbreaks toll on long-term-care homes, including why the municipal model of management has seen far fewer deaths while advocates call for a review of care models. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW An earlier Star analysis of public data found a resident in a for-profit home was four times more likely to die from the virus than those in a municipal home. Staff working at multiple homes was identified as one way the virus spread across Ontario among vulnerable elderly residents.The wage data recently provided to the Star is not a scientific or complete sample of worker compensation, but it does offer insight into a divided model of care in institutions that have been devastate
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Search warrants executed at six locations in Ottawa, Smiths Falls and Carleton Place led to seven people being charged in relation to contraband cannabis on Thursday, Sept. 5.The Provincial Joint Forces Cannabis Enforcement Team PJFCET of the Ontario Provincial Police OPP along with the OPP Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau OCEB , Ottawa Police Service OPS and Smiths Falls Police Service SFPS executed multiple search warrants resulting in charges.On Sept. 5, officers searched six locations. Four were in Ottawa, and the others were in Smiths Falls and Carleton Place. Five of these locations were storefronts for a commercial chain, while the other was a warehouse. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW Police say investigators seized a large quantity of suspected cannabis oil and seeds, as well as a
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