Health care, tax cuts and Highway 401 tunnel focus of Ontario campaign trail
Health care, tax cuts and a pledge to build a tunnel under Highway 401 are the focus on the Ontario...
Liam Casey and Allison Jones
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Doug Ford pledges $22 billion in stimulus package if re-elected as Ontario premier
Ontario Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford says he will spend $22 billion to build infrastructure as part of a stimulus...
Ontario Premier Doug Ford set to request dissolution of parliament for early election
TORONTO -- Ontario Premier Doug Ford is set to request the dissolution of provincial parliament today and trigger an early...
Ford government pledges $1.4B to boost primary health care, days before election call
TORONTO -- The Ontario government says it is spending $1.4 billion in new money to ramp up primary health care...
Ontario Premier Doug Ford plans to call snap election next week: sources
TORONTO -- Premier Doug Ford plans to call a snap election next Wednesday and send Ontarians to the polls on...
Ontario Premier Doug Ford to call snap election next week: sources
TORONTO -- Two senior government sources say Premier Doug Ford plans to call a snap election next Wednesday and send...
Ontario politicians, businesspeople to mark large presence in D.C. for inauguration
TORONTO -- Ontario politicians, business leaders and union executives are set to descend on Washington, D.C., for president-elect Donald Trump's...
Ontario bill aimed at ending homeless encampments to stiffen trespass, drug penalties
TORONTO -- Ontario legislation aimed at helping municipalities clear homeless encampments out of public parks will include stronger trespass laws...
Ontario's opioid strategy outdated, auditor general says
TORONTO -- Ontario's auditor general says the province's opioid strategy, with its new abstinence-based model for treatment, is outdated and...
Ontario fast-tracking several bills with little or no debate
TORONTO -- Ontario is pushing through several bills with little or no debate, which the government house leader says is...
Ontario clamps down on supervised drug consumption, to close 10 sites
TORONTO -- Ontario is revamping its approach to the drug crisis by banning consumption sites that are close to schools...
Ontario developer coalition asks governments for tax breaks to pass on to homebuyers
TORONTO -- A coalition of Ontario developers has written to three levels of government to ask for a reduction in...
OPP officers ratify four-year deal to become highest paid cops in Ontario
TORONTO -- Ontario Provincial Police officers are now the highest paid in the province, their union says, after they ratified...
First Nation legislator makes history at Queen's Park with speech in Oji-Cree
TORONTO -- A First Nation legislator addressed Queen's Park in his own language Tuesday, marking the first time a language...