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How a ransomware attack left an Ontario government health agency scramblingBack in spring 2025, a vendor for an Ontario health agency was hit with a ransomware attack. It set-off weeks of confusion as officials tried to work out who was impacted.CanadaMar 11
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Ontario government seeks injunction to block Al-Quds Day rally in TorontoThe annual Al-Quds Day protest is scheduled to take place outside the United States consulate.CanadaMar 13
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Ontario government home care vendor paid ransom to regain access to its servers: reportIn April 2025, servers belonging to Ontario Medical Supply, which works with Crown agency Ontario Health atHome, were locked after a ransomware attack.CanadaMar 10
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Ontario government pressed for action on northern highways after fatal crashesOver just five days in the north, the Chiefs of Ontario said there were five serious incidents on northern highways, which they say uniquely impact their communities.CanadaFeb 24
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Ontario government directs schools to let students watch Team Canada matchesDoug Ford announced the idea in a social media post on Wednesday evening, saying he had told Education Minister Paul Calandra to work out how schools could make it possible.CanadaFeb 19
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Watchdog leans into ‘firmer enforcement’ over Ford government personal devicesThe Information and Privacy Commissioner is engaged in multiple, escalating battles with current and former members of the Progressive Conservative administration.PoliticsFeb 3
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Diageo confirms ‘ongoing discussions’ with Ford government to avert Crown Royal banFord threatened to remove the Canadian whisky from provincial liquor stores last summer after Diageo announced it would close a bottling plant in southwestern Ontario.PoliticsJan 30
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Niagara chair resigns after accusations of owning signed copy of Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’An Ontario government appointee has resigned as chair of Niagara Region after allegations surfaced that he owned a copy of Adolf Hitler’s "Mein Kampf."CanadaMar 12
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Al-Quds Day protest proceeds after court rejects Ford’s injunction bidA court has rejected the Ontario government’s request to stop an Al-Quds Day protest in Toronto, ruling the province did not meet the legal threshold required to block the rally.CanadaMar 14
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Don Cherry, 92, receives Order of Ontario appointmentThe Ontario government named the 92-year-old Don Cherry and 29 others as the 2025 recipients of province’s highest civilian honour on Tuesday.CanadaFeb 17
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Ford government pausing its own affordable housing policy, calling it ‘red tape’The Ford government is delaying its own affordable housing measures in several major Ontario cities, calling the rules it wrote 'unnecessary red tape and requirements.'PoliticsJan 15
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Ontario watchdogs release strategy for ‘responsible’ use of artificial intelligenceOntario's Information and Privacy Commissioner and Human Rights Commissioner issued a joint set of principles designed to help the Ontario government deploy AI.CanadaJan 23
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Developer advances Greenbelt lawsuit, seeking $300M from Ontario governmentMinotar Holdings, a development company that owns roughly 210 acres of land in Markham, recently filed a fresh statement of claim against the provincial government.PoliticsDec 31, 2025
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Ford government to allow shopping on 2 public holidays across OntarioDoug Ford said previously he was inundated with calls from people 'wanting to go to shopping malls' over the Family Day weekend. At the time, he mused about allowing more to open.CanadaMar 12
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Ford government to order paper report cards back to all Ontario schoolsThe Ministry of Education suggested in a statement that some parents had struggled with digital report cards, which generally need to be downloaded using a password.EducationMar 5
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Ford government takes over 8th Ontario school board, sidelining trusteesThe news comes a little over a month after Peel District School Board was put under supervision and York Catholic District School Board was told it could be next.PoliticsMar 5
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Ford government awards $1B contract for new Ontario Science CentreThe province urgently shuttered the Ontario Science Centre at Don Mills and Eglinton to move it south to the waterfront, claiming the move was necessary because of its roof.CanadaFeb 26
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Government launches new ‘Protect Ontario’ commercial, won’t reveal costThe new one-minute commercial for the provincial government was first aired on Canadian television Sunday night as part of a push to promote the government's vision.CanadaFeb 9
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Ford government spends further $1.7M advertising its plans for Ontario PlaceThe campaign ran during the second half of 2025. It follows a previous set of commercials budgeted at $2 million and designed to combat 'negative sentiment' about Ontario Place.PoliticsFeb 26
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Carney calls byelections for 2 Ontario ridings, 1 in QuebecIf the Liberal government wins two Ontario ridings and the Terrebonne riding in Quebec in byelections scheduled for April 13, they will be in razor-thin majority territory.PoliticsMar 8