Premiers to meet with Trudeau Wednesday about trade and tariffs, Ford says
Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the country's premiers are meeting virtually Wednesday with the prime minister to discuss the threat...
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Premiers to meet with Trudeau Wednesday about trade and tariffs, Ford says
TORONTO -- Canada's premiers are meeting virtually Wednesday with the prime minister to discuss the threat of U.S. tariffs on...
Will he or won't he? Signs that Ford may call an early Ontario election stack up
Inside Ontario's legislature, the halls are decked, the sounds of children's choirs singing Christmas carols waft down the corridors, and...
Will he or won't he? Signs that Ford may call an early Ontario election stack up
TORONTO -- Inside Ontario's legislature, the halls are decked, the sounds of children's choirs singing Christmas carols waft down the...
Ford pledges tough new legislation to dismantle homeless encampments
TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford says new legislation is coming that will target homeless encampments across the province, and...
Ontario spent highest-ever amount on government ads, auditor says
TORONTO - Ontario Premier Doug Ford's government spent three times the amount of money on government advertising in the last...
Ontario says federal clean electricity regulations would add $35B in costs
Ontario is urging the federal government to amend proposed electricity regulations after an analysis by the province's system operator concluded...
Ontario says federal clean electricity regulations would add $35B in costs
TORONTO -- Ontario is urging the federal government to amend proposed electricity regulations after an analysis by the province's system...
Ontario proposes fast-tracking drug-consumption-site bill, skipping public hearings
TORONTO -- The Ontario government is proposing to push through a bill that would close 10 supervised consumption sites without...
Ontario proposes fast-tracking drug consumption site bill, skipping public hearings
TORONTO -- The Ontario government is proposing to push through a bill that would close 10 supervised consumption sites without...
Ontario passes divisive bill to remove, block certain bike lanes
TORONTO -- Ontario has passed a divisive piece of legislation that will prevent municipalities from adding certain new bike lanes...
Ontario missed interim target for providing hands-on care to long-term care residents
TORONTO -- Ontario failed to meet its own legislated target this past year for the average number of hands-on hours...
Ontario proposes fix to issue of dwindling long-term care cultural admissions
TORONTO -- Ontario is proposing a pilot project to tweak long-term care priority rules in order to address a problem...
Toronto staff peg cost of provincially ordered bike lane removals at $48M
TORONTO -- City of Toronto staff are estimating that the Ontario government's plan to remove bike lanes on three major...
Ontario Liberals announce tax cut campaign pledge as election speculation grows
TORONTO -- Ontario took a new step into pre-election campaign territory Tuesday, with an opposition leader making her first major...
After 18-year-old with autism goes missing, mom says Ontario needs vulnerable alerts
TORONTO -- The mother of an 18-year-old with autism who was recently found safe after going missing in the woods...
Ontario's chief electoral officer seeks more tools to fight misinformation
TORONTO -- The rise of artificial intelligence and its ability to rapidly spread misinformation and disinformation during election campaigns should...
Ontario plans to remove Toronto bike lanes on Bloor, Yonge and University
TORONTO -- Ontario is planning to remove sections of bike lanes on three major roads in Toronto, as it considers...
Ontario lowers projections for how many new homes will be built
TORONTO -- Ontario is lowering its projections for how many new homes will get built in the province over the...
Ontario to table 'ambitious' economic update, Doug Ford says
TORONTO -- Ontario's finance minister is set to table his fall economic statement today, which the premier says is an...
Ford says $200 cheques will be in the mail to each Ontario taxpayer at a cost of $3B
TORONTO -- Ontario taxpayers are set to receive $200 cheques in the mail early next year, a $3-billion plan the...
Work permit changes worrying for child-care staff shortages: colleges, Ontario
TORONTO -- New federal rules would prevent international students who graduate from early childhood education programs from applying for a...
Ontario to expand access to fertility services with $150M over two years
TORONTO -- Ontario is set to expand the number of clinics where people can access publicly funded fertility services such...
Ontario presses feds for more child care money as some for-profit operators protest
TORONTO -- Ontario needs more money to properly deliver the national $10-a-day child-care program now and beyond the life of...
Ontario plans to speed up new home connections to electricity grid
TORONTO -- Ontario's energy minister says he will introduce legislation to make it easier for new homes and businesses to...
Ontario appoints former federal Liberal health minister as chair of primary care team
Ontario Premier Doug Ford's government is appointing former federal Liberal health minister Jane Philpott to a new role overseeing attempts...
Ontario appoints former federal Liberal health minister as chair of primary care team
TORONTO -- Ontario Premier Doug Ford's government is appointing former federal Liberal health minister Jane Philpott to a new role...
'Error in judgment': Province probes school board's $45k Italy trip for $100k of art
TORONTO -- Ontario's education minister has asked officials to conduct a governance review of a Brantford-area Catholic school board after...
More Ontario school boards in deficit, using reserves: ministry documents
TORONTO -- An increasing number of Ontario school boards are reporting deficits and are using or even depleting their reserves...
Ontario teacher shortage to worsen in 2027, ministry document warns
TORONTO -- Ontario is staring down a teacher shortage as retirements and student enrolment are both on the rise, and...
Ontario education minister to schools ahead of Oct. 7: keep 'biases' out of classroom
TORONTO -- Ontario Education Minister Jill Dunlop is telling school boards to keep classrooms free of "political biases" ahead of...
Ontario standardized literacy test scores down, math results steady or improving
TORONTO -- Standardized testing results released today show that fewer Ontario students in Grades 3 and 6 met the provincial...
Progressive Conservatives hold onto seat in eastern Ontario byelection
The Progressive Conservatives have won a provincial byelection in eastern Ontario, retaining a seat previously held by a popular cabinet...
Progressive Conservatives take early lead in Ontario byelection
Early results in an eastern Ontario byelection show the Progressive Conservative in the lead.
Ontario ends 2023-24 with nearly balanced budget, partly due to international tuition
TORONTO -- Ontario ended the 2023-24 fiscal year with a nearly balanced budget, in part due to higher-than-expected revenue from...
Liberals, NDP hope to unseat PCs in Bay of Quinte provincial byelection
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Liberals, NDP hope to unseat PCs in Bay of Quinte provincial byelection
TORONTO -- Voters in an eastern Ontario riding head to the polls Thursday in a provincial byelection that may end...
Ontario considers further expanding pharmacists' scope to include more minor ailments
TORONTO -- Ontario is proposing to further expand pharmacists' scope of practice by adding to the list of minor ailments...
Arbitrator awards Ontario doctors 10% increase in 1st year of new deal
TORONTO -- An arbitrator has awarded Ontario's doctors a nearly 10-per-cent compensation increase for the first year of their new...
Greenbelt issue a barrier to support for speeding up infrastructure: government poll
TORONTO -- One of the largest factors standing in the way of Ontario being able to speed up critical infrastructure...
Updates to Ontario municipal code of conduct rules further delayed
TORONTO -- Municipal councils across Ontario that have been urging the province to let them impose stricter sanctions on unethical...
Ontario parties spend summer preparing for possibility of an early election
Ontario's major political parties have been spending the summer nominating candidates, running "campaign schools," and canvassing after remarks from the...
Ontario parties spend summer preparing for possibility of an early election
TORONTO -- Ontario's major political parties have been spending the summer nominating candidates, running "campaign schools," and canvassing after remarks...
Ontario education minister Todd Smith resigns for private sector job
TORONTO -- Ontario Education Minister Todd Smith resigned his seat and from cabinet Friday to accept a job in the...
Ontario reduces child-care fees, introduces new operator funding formula
TORONTO -- Ontario child-care operators in the national $10-a-day program will soon be compensated in a way the province says...
A look at one year of strong mayor powers in Ontario
In the year since so-called strong mayor powers were granted to the heads of council in a swath of Ontario...
A look at one year of strong mayor powers in Ontario
TORONTO -- In the year since so-called strong mayor powers were granted to the heads of council in a swath...
Cap on for-profit centres hampering growth of $10-a-day child-care system: Ontario
TORONTO -- Ontario municipalities have been forced to turn down thousands of child-care spaces in the $10-a-day system because of...
Ontario alone in locking down inmates due to staff shortages: lawsuits
TORONTO -- Ontario is the only province where inmates are regularly locked down due to staff shortages, according to expert...
Ontario considers housing data revisions after municipal concerns of undercounting
TORONTO -- Ontario is considering revising its tallies of how many homes are built in cities and towns across the...
Ontario awarded nearly $1M in contracts for business case on moving science centre
TORONTO -- Ontario awarded nearly $1 million in contracts to various companies to write a business case on moving the...
Natural gas opposition 'ideological,' new Ontario energy minister says
CLARINGTON, Ont. -- Ontario's new energy minister is unapologetic about the province's use of natural gas to partly fuel growing...
John Tory's affair violated city council code of conduct: integrity commissioner
TORONTO - The city of Toronto's integrity commissioner says former mayor John Tory broke the city council's code of conduct...