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Ontario Place court challenge quashed, clearing way for redevelopment to proceedEnding the group’s court challenge removed one of the final barriers for the government to realize its controversial vision to redevelop Ontario Place.PoliticsJun 11
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Science Centre woes force Ford government to shutter Ontario landmark foreverThe science centre has been slated for closure by the government after plans were announced in 2023 to move the science programming to Ontario Place.PoliticsJun 21
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Community outraged over abrupt closure of Ontario Science CentreThose fighting to prevent the move of the Ontario Science Centre to Ontario Place say the sudden closure of the facility Friday 'is a manufactured crisis ... an abuse of power.'PoliticsJun 22
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Ford government uses new powers to sidestep Toronto’s say in Ontario Place plansThe new order will effectively replace the local planning process and puts the province's plans for a spa, concert venue and science centre at the waterfront close to reality.CanadaMay 17
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Ontario awarded nearly $1M in contracts for business case on moving science centreOntario awarded nearly $1 million in contracts to various companies to write a business case on moving the Ontario Science Centre to Ontario Place on Toronto's waterfront.PoliticsJun 14
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Automatic licence plate renewals set to begin in OntarioThe Ford government said that the change will take effect on July 1 'and will save vehicle owners time, amounting to more than 900,000 hours every year.'CanadaJun 26
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Province seeks much smaller home for temporary Ontario Science CentreOntario is searching for a temporary home for the Ontario Science Centre at a fraction of the size of the building the province abruptly closed last week.CanadaJun 26
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Ontario is looking for a temporary science centre. Here’s what we know about the planThe province was forced to look for a new science centre immediately after the abrupt closure of the popular landmark on Friday.CanadaJun 27
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Ford government didn’t need to close science centre, firm that designed it saysThe government announced suddenly on Friday that it was closing the Ontario Science Centre at its current location, giving the public only a few hours of warning.CanadaJun 25
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Severe thunderstorm watch in place for large part of southern OntarioA large part of southern Ontario is under a severe thunderstorm watch, with strong winds, hail and heavy rain possible on Wednesday.WeatherMay 22
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Toronto staff looking into Ontario’s legal duties, if any, to operate science centreToronto city staff are looking into what legal requirements the province may have to operate or maintain the Ontario Science Centre after it was abruptly shuttered.CanadaJun 28
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More than 50 workers to be laid off from Ontario Science Centre, union saysOntario Public Service Employees Union says more than 50 food service workers will be laid off over the next few days.CanadaJun 26
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Metrolinx not renaming Eglinton LRT science centre stop ‘at this time’ despite recommendationThe Ford government will move the Ontario Science Centre from its current location, leaving the transit stop named after the attraction in limbo.CanadaJun 20
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Architecture firm behind Ontario Science Centre says closure was ‘a political move’Brian Rudy, a partner with Moriyama Teshima Architects, said news of the Ontario Science Centre's abrupt closure last week left them "dumbfounded."PoliticsJun 27
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Proposed law bans ‘predators’ from tying consumer goods loans to Ontario land titlesThe Ontario government is introducing legislation which will eliminate the ability for people to place Notices of Security Interest for consumer goods on the Land Registry.CrimeMay 27
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Ontario Line subway project price tag increases by billions of dollarsThe cost of the Ford government's signature Ontario Line subway project has increased again, with estimates now sitting north of $27 billion.CanadaJun 21
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Former students share memories of the Ontario Science Centre’s schoolFrom DNA extraction to space shuttle simulations to a field trip to a nuclear reactor, former students of the school operated out of the Ontario Science Centre are reminiscing.CanadaJul 4
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Ontario faces crew shortages, aircraft issues in fight against wildfiresAs Ontario's forest fire season gets underway, Global News can reveal that one in five crews are unstaffed across the north. The program also faces issues with its aircraft.FireApr 28
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Ontario says it won’t fill lake at Ontario Place but new questions emergeA slide with a "waterpark attraction" on Ontario Place's west island 18 months before a spa by Therme was announced on the site were "illustrative only," the province says.PoliticsMar 21
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Internal plans reveal potential ‘phase 2’ in controversial Ontario Place redevelopmentInternal government documents obtained by the Ontario NDP and provided to Global News refer to “Phase 2” in the province’s overhaul of Toronto’s Ontario Place.PoliticsMar 20