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Ontario Premier Doug Ford's government has appointed eight regional heads of council, including Conservative MP Scott Aitchison. Aitchison had announced he would resign his Parry Sound-Muskoka seat at the end of the fall sitting of Parliament, and the Ontario government says he will be sworn in as Muskoka District chair on Dec. 1. Ford's government recently gave itself powers to...
TORONTO -- Ontario Premier Doug Ford's government has appointed eight regional heads of council, including Conservative MP Scott Aitchison.
TORONTO -- Ontario Premier Doug Ford says an audit firm that is investigating student financial aid usage at career colleges is making it a priority to clear lower-risk schools first so their funding can be unfrozen, but he was not clear on a timeline.
TORONTO -- Ontario's colleges and universities minister says he will not be releasing a government-commissioned audit into student financial aid usage at career colleges.
TORONTO -- Paramedic students at a career college in northern Ontario who were approved to receive funding through a signature government program aiming to boost health-care staffing have been swept up in the provincewide pause on student aid.
TORONTO -- At two career colleges now under the Ontario government's microscope, more than half of the thousands of student financial aid applications last year came from a single IP address, officials allege in documents filed in court.
Ontario's fiscal outlook has worsened due to global uncertainty and trade disruptions, leading to a larger deficit this year and a delayed path to balance, the finance minister said Thursday in an economic update. Peter Bethlenfalvy's spring budget had projected a $13.8-billion deficit this year, but his fall economic statement now says there will be $16.9 billion in red ink...
TORONTO -- Ontario Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy is set to provide an update on the province's finances today by tabling his government's fall economic statement.
TORONTO -- In addition to freezing Ontario Student Assistance Program payments to all private post-secondary institutions, the province has paused at least some funding through Better Jobs Ontario, which helps unemployed people get skills training.
TORONTO -- Ontario Premier Doug Ford's government is coming under increasing fire for how it has handled Ontario Student Assistance Program payments at private career colleges.
TORONTO -- Ontario delayed inspections of two career colleges that ultimately turned up serious concerns about student financial aid use, which meant the schools received a "fail" only after they had been approved for funding for another year, court records show.
TORONTO -- Provincial politicians are returning to the Ontario legislature Tuesday for the first time in 21 weeks with some new faces thanks to three byelections, a rejigged cabinet and a new cloud of scandal hanging over the government's head.
Ontario's finance minister says he will table his government's fall economic statement next week, on Oct. 29. Peter Bethlenfalvy announced in a breakfast speech to the Canadian Club today that the document will provide an update on the province's finances and outline the next phase of his plan. He did not divulge any details, but says it will continue with...
TORONTO -- Ontario's finance minister says he will table his government's fall economic statement next week, on Oct. 29.
TORONTO -- Now that the Ontario government has confirmed that a provincewide pause on student financial assistance payments to career colleges will last for months, some students say they're worried it will prevent them from graduating.
TORONTO -- Sabrina Apitz-Grossman was told 13 months ago that she had about 12 to 18 months to live.
TORONTO -- Ontario's colleges and universities minister has barred three career colleges from being able to offer publicly funded student financial assistance until at least 2030, after previously blocking them from the program just for this year.
TORONTO -- An Ontario man with Stage 4 melanoma says the province has effectively blocked access to public funding for out-of-country drug treatments in response to his attempts to urgently seek therapy in the United States.
TORONTO -- Career colleges and their students are reeling from the government's decision to pause their student financial aid payments in response to what the minister in charge describes as possible criminal activity at some schools.
TORONTO -- Career Colleges Ontario is urging the provincial government to reinstate student financial aid for career college students who were already approved for funds and are actively attending in-person classes.
TORONTO -- Ontario has referred the issue of student financial assistance payments at private career colleges to the provincial police after preliminary audit findings identified "serious concerns," the government said Tuesday.
TORONTO -- Ontario's college and universities minister says the government has referred concerns about student financial assistance payments at private career colleges to the Ontario Provincial Police.
TORONTO -- Ontario has referred concerns about student financial assistance payments at private career colleges to the Ontario Provincial Police, Colleges and Universities Minister Nolan Quinn says in a statement.
TORONTO -- Ontario has delayed decisions on whether individual career colleges across the province will be eligible for student financial aid this academic year amid questions about unusual activity at a small number of schools, throwing the entire sector into uncertainty.
TORONTO -- The Ontario Liberals are asking the auditor general to investigate provincial student financial aid spending at private career colleges.
TORONTO -- Ontario government officials who inspected three career colleges found evidence suggesting third parties were completing the coursework -- sometimes entire courses in one day -- and a few students who couldn't name their school or program, they alleged in reports filed in court.
WALKERTON -- Ontario farmers are looking for help as the cost of diesel hits record levels.
TORONTO -- A day after Ontario Premier Doug Ford said he supports Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow amid her bid for re-election, his office says it was not an endorsement.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is fully on board with the prime minister's plan to see private investors take over operations at Canada's four largest airports, including Toronto Pearson, he said Wednesday. Ford said not only is the idea "fabulous," but it should be expanded to include Toronto's island airport. "I have to give credit where credit's due," he said at...
TORONTO -- Ontario Premier Doug Ford is fully on board with the prime minister's plan to see private investors take over operations at Canada's four largest airports, including Toronto Pearson, he said Wednesday.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford has given Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow his seal of approval today in the midst of her bid for re-election. Ford stopped short of giving her a full, explicit endorsement, but spoke about her in glowing terms when asked if he would weigh into the mayoral race. He says the two have a "phenomenal" relationship and he...
TORONTO -- Ontario Premier Doug Ford has given Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow his seal of approval today in the midst of her bid for re-election.
TORONTO -- Ontario's English Catholic teachers have scheduled a strike vote in November, as contract talks have yet to move past initial stages.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford has made several changes to his cabinet today, including moving embattled minister David Piccini from the labour portfolio to infrastructure. Piccini is under investigation by the integrity commissioner after the auditor general raised questions about his handling of the $2.5-billion Skills Development Fund. Ford has defended Piccini and the success of the fund.
TORONTO -- The association representing career colleges in Ontario began warning the government about possible "suspicious" student financial aid activity at a few campuses three years ago, documents show.
TORONTO -- A small subset of private career colleges in Ontario has led explosive growth in the number of people receiving student financial assistance, new data shows, and the association representing the sector itself has raised concerns.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford has toned down his rhetoric in the war of words with U.S. President Donald Trump. Ford says on CNN that it is better to bring the temperature down between the two countries as the trade war escalates. Ford says he wants a deal that will bring the cost of living down on both sides of the...
TORONTO -- Ontario students will soon return to school, but a new contract for their teachers and education workers may be far off as substantive bargaining has not even started.
Ontario is spending $10 million on six programs to give people training in the skilled trades as part of its Skills Development Fund.
TORONTO -- The slate of municipal election candidates for school trustee in some boards under provincial supervision is set to be thinner than in the past, as would-be contenders face the prospect of running for a job they may not be able to do.
GUELPH -- Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Thursday he does not condone his Progressive Conservative party sending someone to a resort in Jamaica where then-newly minted Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie was vacationing.
GUELPH -- Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Thursday he believes his government will ultimately be successful in its push to expand Toronto's island airport to allow jets to land, but he is not indicating how he'll achieve that.
TORONTO -- Ontario Liberal leadership candidates are taking to the stage for the first debate in their race to lead the third-place party, with the early focus on whether it is important to have a seat.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is urging Prime Minister Mark Carney to make a gas tax suspension permanent, or at least extend it beyond its looming expiry. Carney announced in April that the government would pause collection of the federal fuel excise tax on gasoline and diesel until Labour Day, as a way
TORONTO -- Ontario Premier Doug Ford is urging Prime Minister Mark Carney to make a gas tax suspension permanent, or at least extend it beyond its looming expiry.
TORONTO -- The Ontario government is putting several large public agencies under the microscope, launching reviews that will look at efficiency and productivity.
Ontario voters in three ridings are set to head to the polls Sept. 3, as Premier Doug Ford called byelections today. Scarborough Southwest has been vacant since February when Doly Begum, who held the riding provincially for the NDP, resigned to successfully run for the federal Liberals there. In the months after her resignation, the riding became somewhat of a...
TORONTO -- Ontario voters in three ridings are set to head to the polls Sept. 3, as Premier Doug Ford called byelections today.
TORONTO -- Another Ontario Liberal caucus member has joined the race to become the party's next leader.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is losing two cabinet ministers, as one resigned Friday amid criticism for expensing hotel stays in Toronto despite living in the city and a second announced his retirement. Stan Cho, who represents the north Toronto riding of Willowdale, resigned his post as minister of tourism, culture and gaming after coming under fire for expensing $16,000 in...
TORONTO -- Ontario Premier Doug Ford is losing two cabinet ministers, as one resigned Friday amid criticism for expensing hotel stays in Toronto despite living in the city and a second announced his retirement.
TORONTO -- Ontario Premier Doug Ford's chief of staff is cutting the size of the office by 10 jobs and about $1 million.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the practice of Toronto-area members of his caucus billing taxpayers for thousands of dollars' worth of hotel stays in the city is "unacceptable" and has told them to reimburse the money.
TORONTO -- Ontario's colleges and universities ministry has disqualified students at five private career colleges from receiving student assistance loans this coming year, after raising concerns with some of the schools' course enrolment practices.
TORONTO -- Ontario Premier Doug Ford's government is looking to eliminate a rule that lets members of provincial parliament who live in and near Toronto expense hotel stays in the city.
TORONTO -- Alex Shved is fighting his Stage 4 cancer on two fronts.
The race to become the next leader of the Ontario Liberal Party is narrowing, as one contestant has decided to bow out. Rob Cerjanec, who represents Ajax for the party in the legislature, says he has made the difficult decision to suspend his campaign after speaking with family, supporters and colleagues. His caucus colleague Lee Fairclough, who represents Etobicoke-
TORONTO -- The race to become the next leader of the Ontario Liberal Party is narrowing, as one contestant has decided to bow out.
TORONTO -- As Ontario awaits a promised infusion of money from the federal government for the national child-care program, one prominent expert is arguing that the province should focus more on new spaces than getting to the $10-a-day target.
TORONTO -- Ontario's ill-fated wage restraint law known as Bill 124 is still sending ripples through the public sector across the province, even years after the law was repealed, with the electricity system now attempting to untangle the fallout.