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Almost a year ago, Premier Doug Ford held a news conference to announce he was placing a 25 per cent charge on electricity sent from Ontario to New York, Michigan and Minnesota.

It's been a long-term request of the premier as he looks to keep Ontario's struggling, fledgling electric vehicle industry intact.

Woodstock is the latest municipality in Ontario to add online voting as an option in its elections, with the goal to increase engagement among voters.

 The Ford government announced it intended to make major changes to the rules governing elections in Ontario, including to donations and the date voters head to the polls.

Crombie announced she would resign back in September after a weak show of support for the leader at the Ontario Liberal convention on the back of a third-place election finish.

A grouping of leaders, including Ontario Premier Doug Ford, gathered at the Toronto Stock Exchange to launch a bid to host the Defence, Security and Resilience Bank.

Prabmeet Sarkaria said lessons were being learned from any issues, arguing the problems were operational and not to do with how the Finch West LRT had been built or designed.

During a recent trip to China, Prime Minister Mark Carney agreed to lower tariffs on 49,000 Chinese-made EVs annually in exchange for a softening of China's duties on agriculture.

Prime Minister Mark Carney described it as a "preliminary but landmark" agreement to remove trade barriers and reduce tariffs, part of a broader strategic partnership with China.

Premier Doug Ford repeatedly criticized Prime Minister Mark Carney's decision to reduce tariffs on up to 49,000 Chinese-made EVs in exchange for reduced duties.

Health Minister Sylvia Jones launched a plan to spend $1.8 billion on primary care — rolling out more physicians, nurse practitioners and multidisciplinary teams.

Groups representing both colleges and universities asked for significantly more funding, saying tuition fee freezes and international student caps have left them with few options. 

Some smaller or rural communities have struggled to find enough family doctors; local leaders have begun developing incentive programs to bring physicians to their residents.

Hydro One says challenging road conditions are slowing down crews in some areas, and its outage map shows some 15,000 customers remain without power as of this morning.

China is moving quickly to import Canadian canola and beef after Ottawa struck a deal with Beijing to reduce tariffs, Federal Agriculture Minister Heath MacDonald said Tuesday.

The slump in housing starts – 62,561 in 2025 – is also an all-time low since the Ford government promised to build 1.5 million homes during the 2022 provincial election

After finding out Diageo planned to close a bottling plant in southwestern Ontario, Ford emptied a bottle of the Canadian whisky onto the ground at an event over the summer.

Since launching at the beginning of winter, the Finch West LRT has been beset by delays and service disruptions tied to the switch technology embedded in the new transit line.

In a post on X, Ontario Premier Doug Ford called the deal 'lopsided' and warned it risks closing the door to the U.S. market for Canadian automakers and could lead to job losses.

In Toronto, a city-led budget is proposing a 0.7 per cent increase to the general property tax rate and an extra 1.5 per cent for the city's building fund.