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Tensions erupt at Queen’s Park over keffiyeh ban as government MPPs walk outThe issue first surfaced in the house last Thursday, when PC MPP Robin Martin defied Doug Ford and voted to block an attempt to lift the prohibition on wearing the Arab headdress.CanadaApr 23
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Dollars and cents: Ontario homelessness spend balloons as community housing cratersInternal data shows Ontario has increased its homelessness spend over the past five years, while the provincial money for community housing appears to have fallen.PoliticsApr 23
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Renewed tensions over Queen’s Park keffiyeh ban brewingA debate around the Arab headdress erupted on Thursday after Ontario Premier Doug Ford said a ban from Speaker Ted Arnott "divides" people and called for it to be reversed.PoliticsApr 22
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Transition board invoices Region of Peel $1.5M for work to date on watered-down splitAn internal email sent by the Region of Peel’s top bureaucrat shows the local government has been sent invoices worth $1.5 million for work completed by the Peel Transition Board.PoliticsApr 22
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Chemical plant shuts down after high benzene levels detected near Ontario First NationDays after high levels of the cancer-causing chemical benzene were detected on the northern border of Aamjiwnaang First Nation, a chemical plant in Sarnia is shutting down.EnvironmentApr 20
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Ontario takes action against chemical plant after Aamjiwnaang First Nation residents fell illThe Ontario government says it’s taking swift action against a chemical plant after a spike in benzene readings and after members Aamjiwnaang First Nation fell ill.EnvironmentApr 19
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Ontario is changing what developers pay to build. Feds say it means ‘higher taxes’Tensions between the Ford and Trudeau governments are continuing on the housing file. Now, Ottawa says changes to development charges amount to higher taxes.PoliticsApr 17
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‘The battle is not over’: Opponents of Highway 413 vow to fight controversial projectOpponents 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.PoliticsApr 17
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Gravy sent to Premier Doug Ford briefly shuts down Ontario government buildingToronto police said they were called to Queen’s Park in downtown Toronto just after 11:30 a.m. after a suspicious package was found.PoliticsApr 16
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Ford government questions usefulness of fourplex policies citing low uptakeHousing Minister Paul Calandra claimed those municipalities that have adopted the policy haven't experienced a dramatic increase in construction.PoliticsApr 15
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