Ontario government is not unlawfully locking out provincial engineers: labour board
TORONTO -- The Ontario Labour Relations Board says the government is not unlawfully locking out provincial engineers who are taking...
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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...
'Insulting': Intimate partner violence study cut short as Ontario eyes early election
Victims of intimate partner violence and their supporters are upset after early election speculation forced an Ontario legislative committee to...
'Insulting': Intimate partner violence study cut short as Ontario eyes early election
TORONTO -- Victims of intimate partner violence and their supporters are upset after early election speculation forced an Ontario legislative...
Ontario's ministerial zoning order process needs overhaul, auditor general says
TORONTO -- Ontario's auditor general says the province's ministerial zoning order process needs to be overhauled.
Feds announce $758 million to help TTC buy new subway trains
TORONTO -- Ottawa says it will provide hundreds of millions of dollars to help Toronto buy new subway trains for...
Ontario won't support making Truth and Reconciliation Day a holiday for now: minister
TORONTO -- Premier Doug Ford's government will not support a New Democrat's bill to make the National Day for Truth...
Ontario MPP renews push to make Truth and Reconciliation day a statutory holiday
TORONTO -- Ontario's only First Nation representative at Queen's Park is calling on the government to support his private member's...
Ontario supports Ottawa's GST holiday, will not ask for lost revenue back
TORONTO -- Ontario says Ottawa's tax holiday will cost the province $1 billion, but it will support the GST break...
'It's an optimistic space:' Inside Toronto's new drug withdrawal centre
TORONTO -- Joshua Orson sits on the edge of a bed in a bright, clean room, thinking about his journey...
Ontario First Nation declares state of emergency over gang and addiction crises
TORONTO -- A northern Ontario First Nation declared a state of emergency Tuesday over concurrent crises involving crime, gang activity...
Ontario tables bill that bans supervised consumption sites near schools, daycares
TORONTO -- Ontario has tabled a bill that aims to shutter 10 supervised consumption sites the government deems are too...
Ontario to ban name changes for sex offenders, solicitor general says
Ontario plans to ban registered sex offenders from changing their names.
Ontario signs $100M deal with Elon Musk's Starlink system
Premier Doug Ford's government has signed a $100-million deal with Elon Musk's SpaceX to deliver high-speed internet to remote residents...
Workers say goodbye to an almost-empty Ontario Science Centre as repairs get underway
TORONTO -- As the sun shone on an unusually warm day at the end of October, Emma Meadley Dunphy took...
Decorated Canadian veteran warns of Russian dangers in High Arctic
TORONTO -- Canada must defend itself against an emerging Russia in the High Arctic, says one of Canada's most decorated...
Crowds gather in Toronto to honour veterans, fallen soldiers on Remembrance Day
TORONTO -- Several hundred people gathered outside the Ontario legislature in Toronto to honour veterans and remember those who died...
Another beluga whale dies at Marineland, Ontario says water quality is 'acceptable'
TORONTO -- Three weeks after the death of another beluga whale at Marineland, the Ontario government is speaking publicly about...
Hundreds will lose access to safe consumption when some Toronto sites close: study
TORONTO -- Hundreds of people will lose access to supervised consumption sites in Toronto when the province closes five of...
Ontario lacks a health-care plan for alcohol harms as sales expand: health coalition
TORONTO -- A coalition of prominent health institutions says Premier Doug Ford's government has no strategy to mitigate problems that...
Ontario vision of Niagara as northern Las Vegas may not include Marineland: minister
TORONTO -- A major amusement park is part of Ontario's grand vision to turn the Niagara region into Las Vegas...
Ontario tables bill that would give province power to veto, eliminate some bike lanes
TORONTO -- Ontario tabled its first bill of the fall legislative sitting on Monday, in a bid to give the...
Ontario mayors ask for mental-health law reviews in wake of opioid, encampment crisis
Ontario Big City Mayors are asking the province to review mental-health laws and whether to expand the scope of involuntary...
'Significant overreach': Cities slam Ontario on bike lanes as Ford vows to go further
TORONTO -- Upcoming legislation that would require cities to get provincial approval for some bike lanes is a "significant overreach"...
'Significant overreach': Ontario municipalities slam province over bike lane rules
TORONTO -- Upcoming legislation that would require cities to get provincial approval for some bike lanes is a "significant overreach"...
In 'hard pivot,' Ontario to invest $146 million as part of life sciences strategy
TORONTO -- Ontario is making what a key minister describes as a "hard pivot" to life sciences, as it looks...
Ontario investing $146 million in life sciences sector
TORONTO -- Ontario is investing $146 million into the life sciences sector as it tries to become a world leader...
Ontario taxpayers fork over $4.3 million to settle legal costs in Bill 124 cases
TORONTO -- Ontario taxpayers have forked over $4.3 million in legal fees after the province lost two court cases defending...
Nuclear commission approves Pickering plant extension to 2026
TORONTO -- The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission says it has approved a short extension to operate the Pickering Nuclear Generating...
Another beluga dies at Marineland, Ontario saying little on 4-year probe into park
TORONTO -- Another beluga whale has died at Marineland and four years into a provincial probe, Ontario's solicitor general is...
Toronto hospital to open permanent supportive housing apartments for homeless people
TORONTO -- A new housing project for those who live on the streets and frequently end up in the emergency...
Ontario farmers raise concerns of dwindling farmland at rural expo
LINDSAY, Ont. -- Several Ontario farmers are raising concerns about dwindling farmland across the province as politicians of all stripes...
Ontario politicians to make annual trip to rural expo in Lindsay, Ont.
LINDSAY, Ont. -- Ontario politicians are set to make their annual pilgrimage to the International Plowing Match today.
Ontario MPP seeks paid provincial holiday for Truth and Reconciliation day
TORONTO -- Ontario's only First Nation representative at Queen's Park plans to soon table proposed legislation, in his own Indigenous...
'Life is hard': Living under a 29-year boil-water advisory in an Ontario First Nation
NESKANTAGA FIRST NATION, ONT. -- Every other day, Derek Moonias drives 15 minutes to the airport in Neskantaga First Nation...
Controversial law designed to free up hospital beds being tested in Ontario court
TORONTO -- A new Charter challenge that got underway Monday will test the constitutionality of a controversial Ontario law that...
Controversial law designed to free up hospital beds to be tested in Ontario court
TORONTO -- A new charter challenge set to get underway on Monday will test the constitutionality of a controversial Ontario...
Liberals' Bonnie Crombie takes aim at premier in campaign-style speech at AGM
Ontario Liberal Party Leader Bonnie Crombie has taken aim at Premier Doug Ford in a speech delivered at the party's...
More layoffs coming for employees who worked at Ontario Science Centre
TORONTO -- More workers at the Ontario Science Centre are set to lose their jobs as the abruptly shuttered east-Toronto...
Ford rules out Ontario election in 2024, but could call an early election in 2025
Ontario Premier Doug Ford ruled out calling an early election this year, but left the door open on Tuesday to...
Prime Ontario agricultural land to be protected amid energy expansion, minister says
Certain solar farms will be banned on prime agricultural land in Ontario as the province expands energy production to meet...
Ontario expanding access to RSV vaccines for young children, pregnant women
TORONTO -- Ontario is doubling the number of children eligible for vaccination against a virus that can make young kids...
Architecture firm behind Ontario Science Centre says closure was 'a political move'
The firm of the late architect who designed the Ontario Science Centre says the province's decision to immediately close its...
Architecture firm behind Ontario Science Centre says closure was 'a political move'
TORONTO -- The firm of the late architect who designed the Ontario Science Centre says the province's decision to immediately...
Puppy mills now illegal in Ontario, but advocates say little will change for dogs
TORONTO -- Puppy mills are now illegal in Ontario after the province recently passed legislation banning them, but critics say...
Ontario privacy commissioner probing deleted Greenbelt emails
Ontario's privacy commissioner says she will publish a special report about the use of non-government emails and deleted messages related...