Ford Government

• Ontario Liberals call for urgent action to tackle ‘staggering’ measles outbreak

  The latest data from Public Health Ontario shows the province has recorded 1,020 new measles since an outbreak began last October.

  Health

  Apr 24
  
• Ontario added 134 km of lanes to Highway 401. Its key bottleneck didn’t get better

  Travel times on Highway 401's bottleneck in Toronto were around 25 minutes in 2016. They worsened to as much as 32 minutes last year and could hit an hour by 2051.

  Politics

  Apr 24
  
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• Ontario takes control of school board over finances, launches investigations into others

  Newly appointed Education Minister Paul Calandra announced a series of interventions at school boards on Wednesday afternoon.

  Politics

  Apr 23
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• Ontario raises questions over future of $10-a-day child-care deal

  Education Minister Paul Calandra sent a letter to parents on Tuesday raising concerns as the federal election campaign enters its final, frenzied stretch.

  Politics

  Apr 23
• New Ontario Science Centre contract raises concerns for advocates

  The province is in the midst of relocating the science centre to Ontario Place after shuttering its current home last year in a controversial move.

  Canada

  Apr 23
• Judge orders Ford government to pause Toronto bike lane removals for now

  A judge has ordered the Ford government to suspend any imminent bike lane removal plans until he has decided if their removal violates the Charter rights of cyclists in Toronto.

  Politics

  Apr 22
• Ford government boosts STEM funding at struggling Ontario post-secondary schools

  The government said it would spend $750 million more on post-secondary programs teaching science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

  Education

  Apr 22
• Ontario ordered to retrieve any Greenbelt emails on former staffer’s personal account

  The IPC said the Ford government had “failed to put in place mechanisms” to make sure its staff were not using personal email accounts to conduct government business.

  Politics

  Apr 17
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• Ford says he will ‘double and triple check’ Ontario Place deal after new report

  Ontario's auditor general separately found Infrastructure Ontario had failed to properly assess Therme's application in a report released at the end of last year.

  Canada

  Apr 16
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• Ontario signs Atlantic deals, unveils new interprovincial trade legislation

  Ontario is tabling legislation to remove interprovincial trade barriers. The move was backed by the premiers of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, who signed agreements with Ontario.

  Politics

  Apr 16