The CUPE strike, a GO Transit strike and the challenges of aging in Ontario.
Good morning. This is the Monday, Nov. 7 edition of First Up, the Star’s daily morning digest. Sign upHere’s the latest on the CUPE strike, a GO Transit strike and the challenges of aging in Ontario.With plans to demonstrate at more than 120 locations across the province, the Canadian Union of Public Employees says parents should prepare to keep their kids home from school today. And they’re only expected to up the ante.
One woman struggling to help three aging relatives ran into repeated roadblocks from Ontario’s system Exhaustion, grief and guilt are feelings all too familiar to Ontarians seeking to support aging relatives or friends. The system is more focused on building big-box nursing homes than helping people live and thrive in their community, Moira Welsh reports. Kathy Pettit had to learn that the hard way — and three times over — as her grandparents and mother-in-law struggled with their health.
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