Ninety long-term care homes in Ontario do not have air conditioning in all resident rooms, according to the provincial government.
In an email on Wednesday, the long-term care ministry said the remaining 537 out of 627 long-term care homes in the province are fully air conditioned and all long-term care homes in the province have designated cooling areas for residents.
Legislation passed last year requires air conditioning to be installed in all resident rooms at long-term care homes as of this year.
Of those not fully air-conditioned, 57 are for-profit, 25 are non-profit and eight are municipally operated.
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New “budget” Commander cards: Lord of the Rings: Multicolor, part 1
Alright, multicolor will be in two parts. This one first, with everything that ISN'T a legendary creature. Because multicolor cards are more specific in general, I'll also be avoiding cards that are obviously good but go in one very narrow deck, there's plenty of those (particularly legends).
You know these by now, we'll go color by color, mixing main set and commander set. Reprints can be included if they brought the price down under our bar. All the cards presented here are under $2 at time of writing. Cards will be evaluated as part of the 99, even legendary creatures.
I'll start with this card, I've seen very little talk of it, yet it might be one of the generically best new cards in the set. Yes, it's good in prosper, but it's also a four-mana draw four that can flashback for the same price. You can play lands exiled with it and get two turns to do so, so you should be able to use everything. Would it be better if it only played from your deck? Yes, but I don't think it's relevant here, it'll most often be a 6 for 1 draw spell or better once all is said and done.
Aid from the Cowl is often cut from my decks, but this new version comes with quite a few upsides. The creature found gets to act immediately and from the first turn the Doors enters, and the self-contained Scrying makes sure you're much less likely to miss. You can safely ignore the Dwarven and Elven text that's just here for Flavor. If you're playing a heavy creature-based deck in gruul, this is quite a neat addition.
Fact or Fiction is a fun and powerful card. Getting to see one less card is actually quite a downside, it lowers the floor from three cards to two, and this one makes it harder to pick. With that said, it is instant speed and one mana less, and it's always fun, so it's definitely a playable card. Also the Ring exists.
That's a lot of mana to immediately get only a Raise the Alarm. With that said, if you can run through the entire thing, you get a whole lot of power across many bodies, introduce the monarchy and start drawing cards, and if you have valuable humans around (for example, your commander) an indestructible counter is quite valuable.
This Saga is slow, and doesn't do much for a five mana, three colored card, and the mini-insurrection is so telegraphed it's nowhere near as good. With that said, I wanted to include this one for a simple reason: by itself, it tempts you 4 times, allowing you to max your ring with a single card. I don't know why you'd want that but if you do, here's your card.
This is a card more aimed at spikey formats, but if you got a wizard commander (one you want to cast, anyway, looking at you Inalla) or a lot of wizards in your deck, it's an instant speed removal that puts you UP cards, and the floor isn't even that low.
Staying in the realm of Izzet three mana spells that burn, though don't be fooled, this one isn't a removal, it's a wincon. This is the first of these spells that scale to instants and sorceries and the graveyard that can hit face, even if it needs a detour through a creature first. In decks that churn and loot through chunks of their decks often, thinking of something like Rielle, this could realistically deal 10 to 20 damage to the face for 3 mana, and that's quite a bit of value.
Two fliers for 2. In case you needed more Lingering Souls in commander?
Doesn't look like much, but this is a 3-drop that'll redirect attacks away from you without appearing too threatening or giving your opponents HUGE advantages. It won't save you from a late game board that's too tall OR too wide though.
A 1/4 deathtouch is basically impossible to attack into on the ground. Beyond that, it'll immediately start digging through your deck and generating chump blockers and sacrifice fodder. Not much more here, it's just a good card.
This is no Demonic Tutor. This is also 30 cents at the moment, and if you're in Dimir, likely one of the best if not the best tutor, giving you a bit of evasion and a pretty wide tutor as long as you got literally any colored creature out, since the Ring can make it legendary from its base level. I'd probably play this over diabolic tutor in budget decks that are in Dimir and have at least ten creatures or a cheap commander.
Four-mana reanimation isn't GREAT in a world of Reanimates or animate dead, but these days it's quite a decent rate, particularly cleaning out much of the table at the same time. This being able to reanimate ANY PERMANENT for four mana makes it much, much more valuable for decks that can use it though, Golgari is stellar at reanimating creatures and lands, but usually take a detour through the hand and having to pay the mana cost for other permanent types. Have fun reanimating that Party Tree you opened as a box topper or something!
Disrupt Decorum is a popular card, but you usually have to wait an entire turn for everyone to be tapped out and a board wipe can ruin the party. For one more mana, you also get to swing immediately with impunity! And if the board doesn't get wiped, everyone will be mostly tapped out for a second round of beatings. Don't underestimate mass goading.
Volcanic Vision is a powerful but very expensive board wipe. What if you got that, but for creatures, and that brings what you get back directly to the battlefield? I'd be interested in many decks, and since the creature deals the damage, you also get to have fun with lifelink and deathtouch.
Finally, a mention that Talisman of Progress got another reprint, that's two in a row after a long stretch without, and it is helping bring its price down. A few more precon reprints and it'll be a downright budget card!
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DeFi Market Trends of 2024 to Look for
Step into the realm of decentralized finance, or DeFi, where the traditional finance gatekeepers are no longer in control. In this groundbreaking era, you’re free from the limitations of centralized institutions, enabling you to interact with decentralized finance companies that exemplify a financial system that is open, transparent, and inherently decentralized.
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