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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‘Caught in the middle’: Nearly 250 private career colleges impacted by OSAP freezeMore than 500 private career colleges are scrambling to assess their options after the Ford government cut off their eligibility for student loansPoliticsOct 8
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Ford government used “leverage” over taxpayer-funded company to extract political benefit: legal letterIn January 2025, as Premier Ford was preparing to call a snap election, Ford’s then chief of staff placed a phone call to discuss provincial funding along with a “favour.”PoliticsOct 7
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Ford government spent $2 million on McKinsey contract amid push for healthcare savingsThe Ford government listed the expense under "other payments" with little information on the scope of the contract or what services were provided.PoliticsOct 1
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‘No amount of money’ would have avoided Stelco slowdown, job loss: CEOIn an exclusive interview with Global News, the owner of Stelco, said the layoff decision was purely market-driven and that financial incentives could not fix the issue.PoliticsSep 30
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Ford government ‘Protect Ontario’ tariff program spent $140 million so farOn Tuesday, during committee at Queen's Park, Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy was grilled by opposition MPPs on how much of that cash has actually been deployed.PoliticsSep 30
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Ford government given advance warning of Stelco layoffsWhile the announcement came as a shock to employees, Ontario's minister of economic development told Global News the government was given a heads up.PoliticsSep 29
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Two year delay in EV battery plant construction ‘nothing but good news’: Ford governmentOn Thursday, PowerCo Canada, a subsidiary of German automaker Volkswagen, announced it would delay the production of the $7 billion giga factory in St. Thomas, Ont.PoliticsSep 25
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‘We control who and where’: Province at odds with municipalities over AI data centresThe Ontario government appears to be at odds with some of the province’s major cities over the future of AI data centres, with anxiety-riddled residents caught in the middle.PoliticsSep 25
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‘The world we are in’: Ford government signals deficits will continueAt the same time, Peter Bethlenfalvy is also warning taxpayers that service cuts could be on the horizon if Ottawa scales back financial transfers in the upcoming federal budget.CanadaSep 24
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Ford government says ‘people voted’ to cancel Starlink deal, won’t reveal costAt the start of the trade war with the United States, Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced he would rip up a deal with Musk, then a close ally of President Donald Trump.PoliticsSep 24
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Most Ontarians don’t recognize current Ontario Liberal leadership contenders, poll findsWhile Liberal leadership candidates have worked to raise their profiles, a new poll of 1,600 Ontarians found all five are relative unknowns.PoliticsSep 24
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Number of Ontario LTC homes requiring ‘exceptional circumstance’ bail outs growingData shows how much money Ontario spends every year from its "homes in distress" fund, a pot set aside for long-term care operations on the brink of collapse.PoliticsSep 23
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Ford government delays paying Taste of the Danforth full $200K premier promisedThe popular street festival, which typically attracts up to a million people to Toronto's Greektown, took a three-year hiatus in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.CanadaSep 22
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StubHub fined for allegedly violating Ontario ticket resale law, plans to appealOntario's Consumer Beware List showed Monday that StubHub was being fined a total of $20,000 for two alleged contraventions of a new ticketing law brought in during the spring.PoliticsSep 21
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Ontario education unions promise ‘proportional response,’ schedule 3rd strike voteOn Sunday, the Ontario School Board Council of Unions, a part of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, announced it would hold a strike vote in November.CanadaSep 21
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Ontario truckers warn rising diesel prices will mean more expensive groceriesA group representing Canadian truck drivers is sounding the alarm that the skyrocketing price of diesel could soon be passed down to consumers.CanadaSep 21
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Ontario NDP asks auditor general to investigate Staples education contractMarit Stiles raised questions about the value of a contract the government gave to the company to set-up a portal for teachers to spend up to $750 on equipment for their classroom.CanadaSep 21
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Ford says glowing comments about Chow were not an endorsementFord was asked about work on a new funding deal for Toronto and whether he'd be endorsing anyone in the Toronto election.CanadaSep 18
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Northlander train still being repaired months after crash during testingIn early July, one of the Northlander trains ploughed into a vehicle at the rail crossing on High Falls Road when the lights were active to stop cars entering the track.PoliticsSep 18
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Elections Ontario closes complaint into Progressive Conservative MPP over newspaper adsGrewal unseated the NDP’s Gurratan Singh more than four years ago in Brampton East, winning the riding again in the 2025 snap election.CanadaSep 17
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Premier Ford’s openness to involuntary addiction treatment facing constitutional and capacity challengesPremier Ford suggested that he's willing to pursue a controversial policy that would force Ontarians battling addiction into treatment, something he calls a "moral obligation."PoliticsSep 17
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After passing Bill 5, Ford government asked staff for suggestions on how to use lawThe spring 2025 sitting of the legislature was dominated by Bill 5, a law that would allow cabinet to designate areas where provincial and municipal laws could be suspended.CanadaSep 17
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Ford government threatens to cut funding to towns, cities that break ‘Buy Ontario’ rulesThe government wrote to the heads of council "to make clear our government’s expectation" that they would follow a series of rules prioritizing local bids for contracts.CanadaSep 16
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Ford comes close to endorsing Chow in Toronto mayoral race: ‘Read between the lines’Speaking at an unrelated event in Toronto on Wednesday, Doug Ford shared positive words for Olivia Chow's leadership at city hall as she stood behind him at the podium.PoliticsSep 16
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Ontario fines SeatGeek $25K for allegedly violating new ticket resale lawThe fine was levied against the company on Aug. 28 and, according to the province, it did not file an appeal in the two weeks that followed.CanadaSep 16