How police hope new Ontario helicopters will help fight car theft, locate vulnerable missing people
Four new police helicopters will help fight the car-theft crisis and assist searches for missing vulnerable people, the province and Toronto-area police forces say.
Crime
Apr 2
Animal rights groups seek review of Ontario’s new hunting dog law
Two animal rights organizations have requested a review of a new Ontario law that allows dogs to track down captive coyotes, foxes and rabbits in massive fenced-in pens.
Canada
Mar 27
Nurse practitioner fees could ‘undermine’ Ontario public health investment: minister
Ontario Health Minister Sylvia Jones has written to the federal government asking it to help close what she describes as a 'loophole' in the system.
Health
Apr 16
Driver dead after single-vehicle crash in Caledonia: OPP
Ontario Provincial Police say the crash happened early Thursday at an intersection in Haldimand County and involved a sedan.
Traffic
Apr 11
‘The battle is not over’: Opponents of Highway 413 vow to fight controversial project
Opponents of the Ford government's signature Highway 413 say they will continue fighting against it after an agreement allowed the route to move closer to reality.
Politics
Apr 17
New Ontario polls finds majority think affordability more important than climate action
A new poll found that nearly half of Ontarians polled would scrap the price on carbon price, with a majority saying affordability is more important than climate action.
Politics
Apr 13
Byelections called in 2 Ontario ridings that could serve as key leadership tests
Two byelections are pending in Ontario that will serve as the first test of the Ontario Liberals under new leader Bonnie Crombie. Polling shows one of the two is neck and neck.
Politics
Apr 3
7 people fined $400 a day for refusing LTC transfers: Ontario government
Seven people in Ontario have been fined for refusing transfers from a hospital to a long-term care home not of their choosing.
Health
Apr 3
Ontario Premier Doug Ford asks LCBO to bring back paper bags for customers
Premier Doug Ford has asked the LCBO to reverse its decision to stop giving Ontario customers paper bags as people are 'stuck openly carrying alcohol in public.'
Canada
Apr 8
Doug Ford gifted with can of gravy amid office spending blowback
Liberal MPP John Fraser, who levelled the gravy train accusation, attempted to drive home that point by gifting Premier Doug Ford a can of mushroom gravy.
Politics
Apr 9
Ford faces calls to apologize over Umar Zameer ‘heinous crime’ bail post
Zameer was acquitted on Sunday in the death of Det. Const. Jeffrey Northrup, who died after he was hit by a vehicle in an underground parking garage at Toronto City Hall.
Crime
Apr 24
Mayor, MPP react after province leaves out Guelph in GO train service expansion
The Ford government announced on Monday that GO train service is being expanded along the Lakeshore West, Lakeshore East, Milton, Stouffville and Kitchener lines.
Canada
Apr 18
Ontario weighing nurse practitioner funding options amid extra billing concerns
The Ontario government is looking for ways to bring clinics led by nurse practitioners into the public health system. It also wants Ottawa to create cross-Canada rules.
Politics
Apr 15
With budget mostly silent on climate change, critics say Ontario lacks plan to adapt
The Ontario budget's failure to directly address climate change represents a "gross abdication of responsibility" by the government, some critics argue.
Environment
Mar 29
Ontario’s sunshine list reaches new heights with more than 300K people
The database of all public workers in Ontario who earn more than $100,000 in a year, commonly referred to as the sunshine list, included more than 300,000 people in 2023.
Economy
Mar 28
Ontario Liberals push for policy allowing fourplexes as-of-right across province
The Ontario Liberals are set to try and force the government's hand on four-unit homes in the province with the introduction of a bill to greenlight the policy.
Politics
Mar 19
Ontario spending $310K on new ‘communications centre’; critics say will limit access
The Progressive Conservative government used its new 'communications centre' this week for the finance minister's budget press conference and a technical briefing for journalists.
Politics
Mar 28
Federal budget borrows big from B.C. with new ‘Canada Builds’ housing plan
One of the major planks of the new federal housing program is a new initiative dubbed "Canada Builds," directly inspired by the B.C. government's BC Buids program.
Politics
Apr 16
Reversal of fortune: Declining subway ridership in Toronto hitting station businesses hard
Roughly 30 per cent of the stores in Toronto subway stations are empty as ridership remains low. One owner says he thinks his business may never recover from the pandemic.
Canada
Apr 3
Ontario budget: Ford government to dish out $214B in record-setting spending
The government’s annual financial blueprint will be tabled inside the Ontario legislature by Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy around 4 p.m.
Economy
Mar 26