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On Thursday in North Bay, Ontario Premier Doug Ford said anyone who complains about the planned schedule of the returning Northlander train “needs to get their heads shaken a bit.” The return of the service is a key component of the Ford government’s commitment to invest $70 billion in public transit across Ontario.

Things are heating up on the EV front as Ontario premier Doug Ford is calling on Premier David Eby to drop B.C.’s EV mandate. Ford says the targets are making Canadian auto manufacturers less competitive, while acting as an inter-provincial trade barrier. Blair Qualey, president and ceo of the New Car Dealers Association of BC,...

Ontario Premier Doug Ford criticized Canada’s criminal justice system and its bail reform laws. “We need to make sure we’re putting the rights of victims ahead of criminals,” Ford said at a Monday press conference. The premier stated “How about the Charter Rights of victims? Criminals are out on the streets repeating, and repeating ,and...

After Windsor, Ont., Mayor Drew Dilkens suggested that the city set may ask for permission from the province to set up tolls on trucks headed to and from the Ambassador Bridge, Ontario premier Doug Ford said “I’ve always been against tolls, but in this case… And if they don’t get the Gordie Howe Bridge open...

Ontario Premier Doug Ford said he had to watch what “our friend President [Donald] Trump’s tariffs” were taking aim at, Tuesday night, as Trump delivered the State of the Union address.

On Monday, Ontario Premier Doug Ford rejected concerns about his government’s recent changes to the Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP). He highlighted an indigenous-oriented basket weaving course at Carleton University as a wasteful use of OSAP money.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford was asked on Tuesday whether former hockey commentator Don Cherry was deserving of being named an Order of Ontario recipient. “Bring Don out to Scotiabank Arena when the Leafs play, the place will go ballistic. They’ll go wild. He has massive support out there,” Ford said, adding, “I support him.”

Speaking about last weekend’s Super Bowl LX on Tuesday, Doug Ford commended the historic and political halftime show by Bad Bunny – though the Ontario premier was seemingly unfamiliar with the Puerto Rican superstar’s name. “Bad Bunny, big bunny, whatever the bunny was. The only bunny I know is Bugs Bunny. He’s more famous than...

Ontario Premier Doug Ford has responded to U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to block the opening of the new Gordie Howe International Bridge that connects Windsor, Ont. and Detroit, Mich. Trump called for immediate negotiations over the new trade route in a Truth Social post shared Monday, demanding ownership of “at least one half of...

When asked about how he felt about a group of Alberta separatists going to D.C. to ask U.S. officials for assistance, Ontario Premier Doug Ford said he was “dead against” going behind Canada’s back to negotiate. While he stopped short of calling it “treason” like B.C. Premier David Eby did earlier, he called it “unacceptable”...

Torontonians may finally have a date for the opening of the Eglinton Crosstown LRT. Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the TTC is now aiming to open the long-delayed transit line on Feb. 8. That February timeline comes after months of back-and-forth between the TTC and Metrolinx over when the line would be ready for riders.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford said he had made it clear where he stands when it comes to importing Chinese electric vehicles, or “Chinese spy vehicles,” as he called it, on Wednesday. He said he looks forward to working on an auto strategy with Prime Minister Mark Carney and Minister Melanie Joly, however emphasized his focus...

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is distancing himself from an Ontario-headquartered company selling military vehicles to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the United States, a few weeks after he called the agreement “fantastic.” “I’m going to correct this story once and for all. I heard it on the news. I don’t direct companies to sell...

At an announcement of the return of the Northlander train in North Bay, Ontario, on Thursday, Ontario Premier Doug Ford criticized what he claimed was “ridiculous” spending by school boards across Ontario; highlighting trips to Italy, purchases of artwork, and late night orders of “hamburgers and milkshakes.”

During an announcement with Prime Minister Mark Carney on Monday, Doug Ford reached for a glass of water before realizing the water was Carney’s. “Did you have a sip of that?,” Ford asked before Carney replied that he had not touched it. “This isn’t going to turn me into a Liberal, is it?,” Ford quipped...

Asked if he supports Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s vision for an expansion of Toronto Island’s Billy Bishop Airport to include jets, Prime Minister Mark Carney said “It’s a shared jurisdiction and we’re engaged in discussions with the province of Ontario… It’s a very interesting vision, big possibilities there.”

On the eve of delivering this year’s provincial budget, Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced Wednesday his government will give all home buyers purchasing a newly built home a break on HST.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford offered condolences Monday morning for the lives lost in the Air Canada jet that crashed into a firetruck at LaGuardia Airport late Sunday night.

New NDP leader Avi Lewis addressed provincial backlash, saying that Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Conservative Pierre Poilievre “don’t get along at all” and “I don’t know that they ever talk, but they battle in the media and the conservative party staggers on day after day, week after week.” Addressing concerns raised by Saskatchewan NDP...

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is calling on the B.C. and Quebec governments to get rid of their electric vehicle sales mandates. Angela Jung reports.