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    A Deeply Fractured US

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remigration
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    Employment Opportunities

    Transit Operator TTC requires that you have: A full Class G licence Canadian grade 12 diploma (or equivalent), and Face-to-face customer service experience. ( Could be an after school part-time job. ) No minimum age. Members can join straight out of high school. As per the Sunshine List...
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    Employment Opportunities

    Armourer Toronto Police Salary: $92,804 - $104,989 Shift: Days Hours: 35.00 Status: Regular Location: Toronto Police College Department: Armament Unit...
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    Mice expert here?

    Rube Goldberg would approve. Smile emoji.
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    Emergency Response Times

    According to their Master Plan, SNEMS is "unique" among Ontario paramedic services. The SNEMS delivery model uses part-timers and Standby. Ours did not. Not to suggest one delivery model was better , or worse, than the other. Just different...
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    Emergency Response Times

    Don't know the SNEMS Funding Model that well either. For reference, SUPERIOR NORTH EMS 2021-2030 Paramedic Services Master Plan Section 2.3.2 SNEMS Funding Model ( Goes into the details, including Nipigon, if interested. ) Municipality of Nipigon levy payments and assessments and...
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    Employment Opportunities

    https://jobs.toronto.ca/jobsatcity/job/Toronto-SENIOR-PROJECT-MANAGER-ON-M5V-3C6/597652417/ https://jobs.toronto.ca/jobsatcity/job/Toronto-FIREFIGHTER-INFO-&-COMM-SYSTEMS-%28Unified-Communications-Network-Specialist%29-ON-M4Y-0E6/597445217/...
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    Emergency Response Times

    Readers with an interest in the challenges faced by Superior North EMS ( SNEMS ) - which includes their station in the Township of Nipigon, may, or may not, find their Master Plan of interest. Their challenges are complex and significant. No growth in population, but, It discusses...
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    Emergency Response Times

    Municipal taxpayers, in Ontario, get what they pay for. Readers can argue if that is fair / unfair. In Ontario, don't know about ROC ( Rest of Canada? ) paramedic funding is a mixed formula. A maximum of fifty percent comes from the provincial government. Provincial funding is based upon...
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    Emergency Response Times

    If you say so. I would say different. As in, different Call Volumes require different service delivery models. They get a lot of out of town applicants. So does TFS. Frank Ramagnano Secretary - Treasurer,Toronto Professional Fire Fighters’ Association I.A.F.F. Local 3888
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    Emergency Response Times

    See above.
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    Emergency Response Times

    We didn't have part-timeers "It's a career. Not a hobby." 20 twelve-hour shifts every six weeks. Schedule, station, partner never changed. OT was shared equitably. Members with low seniority were offered as much voluntary OT as those high on the list. OVERTIME ASSIGNMENT – TORONTO...
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    High Speed Train Coming?-split from boosting Canada’s military spending"

    Good news for HSR and UPX enthusiasts. Nov 21, 2025 National Post https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/liberals-propose-bill-to-streamline-pre-approve-toronto-quebec-city-high-speed-rail-line And, good news for UP Express passengers. Veterans do not tap PRESTO on GO Transit. As of, 1...
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    Army Reserve Restructuring

    Other than two weeks LWP for PRes training every summer, unless there was a war on, we weren't going anywhere with the military. The roof collapse in Elliot Lake, Ice Storm etc. Calls that, we go in our muni uniforms, with our muni iservice. Not the military. Even during wartime, holding a...
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    Operating near the Third Rail

    As always, follow your Departments guidelines. These are just personal tips. When responding to a person hit by a subway train, request third rail power removal through the Dispatcher. Before entering the road bed, proceed to the nearest blue light emergency power removal box at the end...
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