Ontario Government

• Ontario investing $146 million in life sciences sector

  Ontario is investing $146 million into the life sciences sector as it tries to become a world leader in biomanufacturing and health sciences.

  Politics

  Oct 15
  
• Ontario looking at closing ‘loophole’ after brothers convicted of Iran sanctions violations change names

  Convicted in the U.S. of sanctions evasion, Ontario residents Amin and Arash Yousefijam changed their names to Ameen and Aurash Cohen. Officials are seeking to close a "loophole."

  Canada

  Oct 11
  
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• Ford government to table legislation to restrict bike lanes on city streets

  The transportation minister will table the new bike lane rules as part of his next major piece of legislation, which the government has said will focus on stifling congestion.

  Politics

  Sep 20
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• Doug Ford unveils new education minister, weeks after naming her predecessor

  Former Ontario education minister Todd Smith announced he had resigned from Doug Ford's PC government 'effective immediately' on Friday morning.

  Canada

  Aug 16
• Ontario Science Centre: Infrastructure officials further detail structural issues

  The Ontario Science Centre building is facing critical issues not just with its roof, but with heating, sprinkler and electrical systems, officials said Thursday.

  Politics

  Jul 11
• Cap on for-profit centres hampering growth of $10-a-day child-care system in Ontario

  Ontario municipalities have been forced to turn down thousands of child-care spaces in the $10-a-day system because of a limit on the percentage of for-profit spaces.

  Canada

  Jul 9
• New tow truck requirements kick in, as Ontario takes oversight of troubled industry

  The Ontario government says it is cracking down on fraudulent tow truck drivers with a new certification requirement it calls a first among Canada's provinces. 

  Canada

  Jun 29
• Toronto staff looking into Ontario’s legal duties, if any, to operate science centre

  Toronto city staff are looking into what legal requirements the province may have to operate or maintain the Ontario Science Centre after it was abruptly shuttered.

  Canada

  Jun 28
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• Ontario awarded nearly $1M in contracts for business case on moving science centre

  Ontario awarded nearly $1 million in contracts to various companies to write a business case on moving the Ontario Science Centre to Ontario Place on Toronto's waterfront.

  Politics

  Jun 14
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• Hundreds of Ontario patients moved into nursing homes they didn’t choose

  There were 424 discharged patients who moved to a nursing home not of their choosing out of 20,261 patients who were moved to long-term care homes since the law came into force.

  Health

  Jun 12