In a statement Thursday evening, Wynne said while Sorbara will not be joining the campaign team, she will continue to count on her personal friendship.

Ontario's cap-and-trade program will cost the province's consumers and businesses $8 billion dollars in its first years of operation to get minimal greenhouse gas reductions, the auditor general said Wednesday.

More than one thousand skilled tradespeople flooded the front lawn of Queen's Park on Wednesday to protest the Liberal government's proposed amendments to Bill 70, which they say will threaten jobs and workplace safety.