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Education Minister Paul Calandra is in the midst of making major changes to how Ontario’s school boards are governed and how much power he has over their individual decisions. He joined Focus Ontario to explain his plan.

Ontario’s education minister is urging the Durham District School Board to un-cancel prom—or he will step in. The warning comes after three local schools axed their events earlier this month. Germain Ma reports.

Ontario Education Minister Paul Calandra said Friday that some school boards in Ontario will not be closed or amalgamated because of the government’s plan to overhaul their governance structure. He added that English public-school trustees do not have constitutional or Charter rights and said, “I could strike a pen tomorrow and rid myself of all...

On this episode of Focus Ontario, a one-on-one with Education Minister Paul Calandra on the passing of Bill 33, a look at the province’s rising unemployment and an update on when we could see the Finch West and Eglinton LRTs begin transporting passengers.

Bill 33 is now law in Ontario, giving the provincial education minister broad authority to override elected trustees and appoint supervisors. Supporters call it necessary oversight, while critics warn it erodes local voices. Martha Hradowy, president of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation, joins Candace Daniel to explain what the change means for educators, students...

Supervisors at Ontario school boards can charge up to $350,000 per year for their work. Education Minister Paul Calandra defended the rate, saying they’ve got a lot to do. Global News’ Isaac Callan explains. 

In this segment from today’s “The Ben Mulroney Show,” Ben goes one on one with Paul Calandra, Ontario’s Minister of Education. Our talk comes after Calandra ordered a North Bay area school board to take immediate steps to resolve what a report described as overwhelming dysfunction or he will take “further action.”

The City of Toronto held a road safety summit, gathering experts and concerned parents to oppose the provincial government’s plan to ban automated speed cameras. Despite evidence showing the cameras reduce speeding, Ontario’s Minister of Transportation says he will introduce legislation to outlaw them next week. Matthew Bingley reports.

Ontario’s education minister is proposing immediate legislative change to safety conditions at daycares in the wake of the fatal crash in Richmond Hill this week. As Megan King reports, the community is calling for preventative measures to ensure another tragedy doesn’t occur.

As Ontario’s Education Minister considers eliminating select school board trustee positions across the province, the government is zeroing in on the expenses of one elected official as a broader sign of school board dysfunction. Sean O’Shea reports.

Trustees at Ontario’s 31 English public school boards have “no constitutional cover whatsoever” to stop the Ford government from firing them, Education Minister Paul Calandra says, as he gears up for a historical overhaul of the education system. Global News’ Queen’s Park Bureau Chief Colin D’Mello reports.

Ontario’s minister of long-term care says an expansion to nursing education in the province has come out of her budget because an increase in new long-term care homes will require substantially more nurses.

Speaking at the end of June, Ontario Education Minister Paul Calandra threatened to”fire” Ontario trustee Mark Watson if he does not pay back his share in expenses from a controversial trip to Italy to purchase artwork last July. ” I will not allow parents and students to be shortchanged,” he said.

NDP leader Marit Stiles was joined by concerned parents and education ministers highlighting some of the issues Ontario schools are currently facing. As Jaden Lee-Lincoln reports, they’re calling on the Ford government to invest more money into the education system. 

For the first time, from a London, Ont. courtroom, we’re hearing from the woman who alleges five former world junior hockey players sexually assaulted her. The woman told the jury how she met some of them at a bar before going to a local hotel. In Ottawa, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced a trip to...

A new Ontario bill vowing to reduce gridlock will also limit municipal powers to approve new bike lanes. The provincial transportation minister says cities will have to prove new lanes are not impacting traffic in a move many are describing as government overreach. Matthew Bingley reports.

Ontario Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria declined to answer directly on Friday when asked about a Global News report that the Ford government is working on legislation restricting bike lanes on city streets. Sarkaria said the government is “looking at ways to reduce gridlock,” but avoided directly answering questions on the topic.

Ontario’s Minister of Children, Community and Social Services was asked about data obtained by Global News that shows a child dies under the province’s care network on average every three days. He said the province would “do everything we can” to reduce and prevent the number of deaths.

Ontario Minister of Education wants to see a “culture change” as a cellphone ban comes into effect. Global News’ Colin D’Mello has the story.

During her first press conference as Ontario’s education minister, Jill Dunlop warned of disciplinary measures, including being sent “to the principal’s office,” if students don’t abide by the provincewide cellphone ban for the upcoming school year.