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Homelessness has reached disastrous proportions in Ontario, with devastating impacts on people, communities and businesses across the province. It is a social, economic, and health crisis in Ontario. Local governments have felt the challenges of homelessness in their communities most because of policy choices of successive provincial governments.

Migrating online services while the population demands a simple digital experience is no easy task. Indeed, recruiting developers in high demand, supporting development, and respecting privacy requires resources that are not accessible to all municipalities.

On April 3, 2023, LAS was pleased to announce a new program designed to help municipalities manage cyber incidents in today’s ever changing IT environment. The Cyber Incident Management for Ontario Municipalities Program – CIMOM was a concept created by LAS staff and a group of municipal risk managers from across the Province in response to challenges procuring cyber insurance for municipal risk.

Mosey and Mosey is LAS' Group Benefits program partner. We wanted to get personal with the main contact of municipal accounts.

Carbon pricing is about recognizing the cost of pollution and accounting for those costs in daily decisions. Putting a price on carbon pollution is widely recognized as the most efficient means to reduce greenhouse gas emissions while also driving innovation.

My family is blessed to live in a municipality that has an organic waste program. We have a container on the counter where we collect two small bags a week for our green bin. Last year, when Food Cycle Science was awarded approved supplier status with our Canoe Procurement Group, I was intrigued.