Colin D’Mello
Queen’s Park Bureau Chief, Global News Toronto
Colin D’Mello is one of Ontario’s most prominent political journalists, currently working as the Queen’s Park Bureau Chief at Global News.
He began his career as a radio reporter in Moncton, NB., before returning to Ontario. He helped launch 1310 News in Ottawa and later reported for 680 News in Toronto. In 2011, Colin moved to television broadcasting, beginning a long run at CTV News where he most served as their Queen’s Park Bureau Chief. He also held the role of President of the Queen’s Park Press Gallery, advocating for journalists and helping to manage the relationship between newsrooms in Ontario and the provincial legislature. In April of 2022, he joined Global News.
Colin was born in Kuwait and lived there until 1998, crediting the events of the first Gulf War for shaping his interests in political reporting. He is a graduate of the broadcast journalism program at Seneca College and worked as a guest lecturer at Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU).
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Video Archives
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Focus Ontario: Harmony Short-lived -
Ontario government releases details of $191K in extra private jet costs -
Focus Ontario: Opposition to the Opposition -
Ontario’s freedom of information requests scrapped as watchdog waits for impact -
Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives tumble in the polls after jet fiasco -
Focus Ontario: Here Come the Cancellations -
Focus Ontario: Turbulence or Tailspin? -
Will private jet blunder, FOI changes haunt Doug Ford? -
Focus Ontario: Trustee Turmoil -
Ontario education minister lays out education reform and possible social media ban -
Ontario’s evolving explanation for how it accidentally released 150 inmates -
Dozens of inmates released from Ontario jails every year because of ‘errors or oversight’ -
Liberal Hospitals Critic on system status -
Housing minister on trying to end Ontario’s homebuilding slump -
Focus Ontario: Development Charge Drama -
Ontario’s finance minister defends budget after lower-than-expected tariff impact -
Focus Ontario: Billions from Balance -
Environment minister explains conservation authorities amalgamation -
Ford government moves to make all premier, minister records secret
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Ford calls poll that ranked him as Canada’s least popular premier ‘fake’The results show that, between March and June, Ford experienced a 10-point drop, leaving him with just 21 per cent approval from voters in Ontario.CanadaJun 16
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Former Wynne, Trudeau staffer hopes policy chops can win Ontario Liberal leadership raceDylan Marando, the first candidate to sign up as a leadership candidate, is betting his experience as a policy advisor to former prime ministers and premiers.PoliticsJun 16
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Ford government scolded agency over cyber attack. Docs show it knew a month earlierAn Ontario Liberal MPP raised the alarm about a major ransomware attack suffered by one of Ontario Health atHome's key vendors last year.CanadaJun 16
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Survey suggests elevated concerns among Ontario doctors about ER overcrowdingA study released by the Ontario Medical Association on Monday morning polled ER doctors across the province to build a snapshot of the struggling health-care system.CanadaJun 15
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Ontario housing starts dip in May after strong start to 2026The Ford government is far away from its goal of building 1.5 million new homes by 2031, something the finance minister has admitted is a 'soft' target.CanadaJun 15
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Ontario Liberal leadership candidate vows to make health care more ‘competitive’Eric Lombardi, who launched his leadership bid last week, has been receiving support from a range of political voices, including many who say they've never voted LiberalPoliticsJun 15
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Ticket sites accuse Ontario government of botching resale law rolloutStubhub and Seatgeek, two resale sites, were added to Ontario's consumer beware list for allegedly allowing the sale of tickets above face value on June 10.CanadaJun 11
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Ford government signs $200M contract to build 5-storey parking garage at Ontario PlaceThe new five-storey building will include 3,500 parking spots and 680 electric vehicle charging stations, and the government hopes it will generate $60 million in annual revenue.PoliticsJun 11
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Doug Ford approval falls to ‘worst’ level since taking office, poll findsThe latest results show that between March and June, Ford experienced a 10-point drop, leaving him with just 21 per cent approval from voters in Ontario.PoliticsJun 11
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Margaret Atwood joins chorus of figures opposing Toronto island airport expansionIn an open letter addressed to the prime minister, various prominent Toronto figures and politicians asked Mark Carney to scrap the airport plan.CanadaJun 10
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Ford says Washington trip ‘jammed’ with meetings despite chamber of commerce cancellationThe premier headed down to the Capitol on Monday and Tuesday for a series of meetings to promote his hopes of increased free trade between Canada and the United States.CanadaJun 9
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War in Iran will add $650 in extra fuel costs for average Ontario household: reportA new report from the FAO modelled the extra cost of oil after United States President Donald Trump began a military campaign in the Middle East.EconomyJun 4
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Ford government will officially take control of DVP, Gardiner in 2027In 2023, the provincial and municipal governments signed a landmark deal to upload the costs of the two highways, as well as funding for homelessness, subways and light rail.CanadaJun 4
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Ford charged more than $140K in private plane charters last year, records showRecords show Ford's penchant for private travel took off immediately after winning the 2025 provincial election campaign, during which his party chartered planes to Washington D.C.CanadaJun 4
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Ontario records steepest drop in labour force since 1976, excluding pandemicA new report from the Financial Accountability Office of Ontario said the number of people in work dropped by 71,300 between January and March, a decline of 0.8 per cent.CanadaJun 3
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Ontario’s teaching unions serve bargaining notice to kick off contract talksThe notices mean the province will now need to prepare to enter potentially bruising talks with the unions within the next 15 days.CanadaJun 3
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Here’s how many days Doug Ford attended question period during a shortened spring sittingData tracked by the NDP shows the premier skipped roughly one in three sessions of question period during the spring sitting, avoiding a key parliamentary accountability mechanism.CanadaJun 3
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Doug Ford denies dissension in PC party after firing of caucus chair over pensions, jet fiascoAfter firing the PC caucus chair, Ford stressed he has a "tight team" and suggested he isn't worried about internal support from the party.PoliticsJun 3
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Doug Ford receives gag gift from Ontario Liberals after private jet fiascoThe gag gift was intended to poke fun at Premier Doug Ford's purchase of a $28.9 million Challenger 650 private airplane for travel across North America.PoliticsJun 2
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Ford government embarks on extended 21-week break, won’t return until late OctoberGovernment House Leader Steve Clark confirmed politicians won't return to Queen's Park until Oct. 27, suggesting he didn't want to 'interfere' with municipal elections.CanadaJun 2
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Ford removes caucus chair after pension, private jet rowThe disagreement took place during a Progressive Conservative caucus meeting, which typically takes place on Tuesdays at Queen's Park.PoliticsJun 2
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Stop Toronto island airport expansion, Ontario NDP leader asks Mark CarneyThe latest letter follows a similar plea last month in which Marit Stiles argued the changes weren't popular in Toronto and didn't have a business case.CanadaJun 1
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Ontario Liberal leadership candidates say legislative seat necessary for next leaderThe provincial party is holding its third leadership race in seven years after two successive leaders failed to gain a seat at Queen's Park, leading to their resignations.PoliticsMay 29
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Ford government giving itself power to set ‘priorities’ for police boardsAs part of its spring justice legislation, the government is creating policies that would let the solicitor general set expectations for areas police boards should focus on.PoliticsMay 28
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Ontario looking ‘very, very closely’ at rise in sports betting, gambling commercialsThe Stop Harmful Gambling Advertising Act, introduced by opposition MPPs in April, was defeated by the government in mid-May on second reading.PoliticsMay 28