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 panel: Is Doug Ford ready to call an early election?
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Focus Ontario : Back to Class
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Politicians prepare for Ontario legislature return
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NDP submits complaint over Ontario Place ‘irregularities’ to integrity commissioner
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Metrolinx makes changes to key roles in staffing shakeup as delayed LRT projects stumble
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Hurontario LRT track trouble and delays threaten credit rating, completion timeline
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Ontario’s tunnel vision and when the mega project could be built
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Focus Ontario: Transportation Talk
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Ford tops up some MPP salaries, saying pay freeze is ‘tough’
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Ontario colleges see 50% drop in international students after cap
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Made-in-Ontario electric vehicle pitch may have to rely on China
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Opposition parties promise to pay high costs and cancel Ontario Place spa deal
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Ontario finance minister on roads, tunnels and building the province
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Ontario polling leaves Doug Ford with a healthy lead over Bonnie Crombie, Marit Stiles
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Focus Ontario: One Month Since Alcohol Liberalization
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Ontario faces teaching crunch, school budget struggles, internal docs show
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Focus Ontario returns with fresh coverage of Queen’s Park
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Finch West LRT enters court battle
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Ford government warns schools to watch ‘political biases’ ahead of Oct. 7 anniversary
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Experts worry about the cost and complications of Hwy. 401 tunnel plan
Author Archives
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Ontario promises to pay for ripping out bike lanes that fail unannounced criteriaThe Ford government is putting new bike lanes and any installed in the past half-decade on notice but has promised it will pay the costs if cities have to tear out routes.Politics4 hours
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Ford turns to former Trudeau cabinet minister to help with family doctor problemDoug Ford's government is appointing former Liberal health minister Jane Philpott to a new role overseeing attempts to connect every Ontarian to primary care within five years.HealthOct 21
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Opposition gears up for long-awaited return of the Ontario legislatureNDP Leader Marit Stiles says she wants to use question period and a number of opposition days in the legislature to ask questions about topics that have bubbled through the summer.PoliticsOct 20
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Recommendations ready for Ford government on councillor harassment, conductOntario Premier Doug Ford wrote to the integrity commissioner asking for advice on how to improve municipal conduct rules at the beginning of the summer.PoliticsOct 19
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Ontario company says LCBO private warehouse deal is forcing it out of businessAn Ontario courier is accusing the LCBO and an international shipping company of conspiring to run it out the province's alcohol delivery business. Both deny the claim.PoliticsOct 18
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Doug Ford plans to rip out existing bike lanes that are bringing traffic ‘to a standstill’On Thursday, Ford confirmed his government plans to rip out bike lanes that don't meet its criteria. Critics accuse the premier of creating more red tape.PoliticsOct 17
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NDP submits complaint over Ontario Place ‘irregularities’ to integrity commissionerThe NDP has lodged a complaint with the integrity commissioner about Ontario Place and Infrastructure Minister Kinga Surma, claiming 'irregularities' with the redevelopment.CanadaOct 17
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Ontario to table next major economic update, including details of booze costsThe minister of finance will unveil his fall economic statement at the end of October, charting Ontario's economic course for the next six months at least.PoliticsOct 16
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Metrolinx focuses new division on beleaguered LRT projects but critics demand more changesMetrolinx CEO Phil Verster said the agency needed to 'evolve and adapt' as it deals with an 'expanded mandate' that includes building new transit lines.CanadaOct 16
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Metrolinx makes changes to key roles in staffing shakeup as delayed LRT projects stumbleOn Tuesday, Metrolinx told employees that the agency's chief planner and the chief operating officer of rapid transit had both left the company.CanadaOct 15
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Limited appetite at Queen’s Park to review Ontario MPP pay Doug Ford says is ‘unfair’Doug Ford said last week it was 'just not fair' that Ontario politicians have not received a raise since 2007, suggesting it was one reason he has promoted some within his caucus.PoliticsOct 15
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Hurontario LRT track trouble and delays threaten credit rating, completion timelineMobilinx, the construction consortium building the 18-kilometre line, was awarded a $4.6-billion contract in 2019 to design, build, finance and operate the line for 30 years.PoliticsOct 15
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Paper bags will return to LCBO stores in ‘the coming weeks’Ontario's liquor retailer, the LCBO, stopped offering paper bags a year ago. Despite the environmental benefits, the Doug Ford government balked — and the bags are coming back.CanadaOct 14
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Ford government will not ‘take no for an answer’ on Highway 401 tunnel planThe plan was first floated by Premier Doug Ford weeks ago when he announced the start of a feasibility study to plan a 50-kilometre tunnel.PoliticsOct 12
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Ex-Ontario minister Kaleed Rasheed not seeking re-electionKaleed Rasheed won't run for another term in office, an announcement that comes more than year after he left the Progressive Conservative caucus over a Greenbelt-adjacent scandal.PoliticsOct 11
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Ford justifies top-ups for MPPs amid ‘tough’ cost of living, ‘unfair’ base salaryOntario Premier Doug Ford handed three MPPs minor promotions this week that will top up their salaries by $16,000 per year. He said on Friday some elected officials are underpaid.PoliticsOct 11
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Cap hammers international student enrolment as Ontario colleges brace for more changesThe enrolment of international students at Ontario colleges has dropped roughly 50 per cent already this year. Leaders are warning it will lead to labour shortages.EducationOct 11
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Ontario engineers begin work-to-rule action, threatening to slow key highway projectsOn Tuesday, the union representing senior engineers working on government projects including highways and building code in Ontario began its first strike action in 35 years.CanadaOct 8
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Opposition parties promise to cancel Ontario Place lease, even with high costsDespite the high cost of cancelling Therme's bid to build a spa at Ontario Place, the provincial Liberals, NDP and Greens all say that's what they'd do if elected.CanadaOct 7
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Independent outlets, convenience store chains sign on to Ontario’s alcohol expansionOne month into the rollout of beer and wine to convenience stores and, even with big chains taking a chunk of the licenses, small business groups say it's generally going well.PoliticsOct 5
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Schools with roof panels that shut Ontario Science Centre have no budget to replace themThe Ford government shut the science centre after receiving a report into RAAC panels in its roof. Schools with the same issues aren't getting special funding to replacement them.EducationOct 4
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Ford government releases Ontario Place lease, including rent and parking detailsInfrastructure Ontario published the lease it signed with Therme on Thursday, with the government touting the benefits it claims the deal will bring for taxpayers.CanadaOct 3
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School closure ban means Ontario boards spending ‘limited’ funds to keep buildings open: docsDocuments written for Ontario’s education minister admit a moratorium on closing schools is stretching the already thin budgets boards have to manage to breaking point.EducationOct 3
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Metrolinx tells Finch West LRT builders to drop legal action and get ‘back to work’The project, originally slated to be completed in 2023, had proved less controversial than the Eglinton Crosstown LRT but recently hit a snag.CanadaOct 2
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Classroom crisis: Ontario student, teacher disparity to ‘widen’ more, internal document warnsDocuments prepared to brief the education minister predict a growing population and retirements will lead to a growing gap between the number of teachers and students in Ontario.PoliticsOct 2