Ontario Poltiics

• Ontario proposes new way of funding GO Transit stations, spurring nearby development

  Kinga Surma says legislation she introduced today would let municipalities fund the design and construction of new GO stations.

  Politics

  Sep 25, 2023
  
• Cabinet member in Doug Ford’s government resigns after Greenbelt probe

  Ontario Premier Doug Ford's office says cabinet member Kaleed Rasheed has resigned from his role and from the Progressive Conservative caucus.

  Politics

  Sep 20, 2023
  
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• Premier Ford acknowledges escalating cost of Ontario Line, other infrastructure projects

  Pressed for answers about the true cost of the Ontario Line, Ford defended his government arguing the province has seen "costs escalate" across the board for large projects.

  Politics

  Mar 28, 2023
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• Ontario party leaders look to drum up support in Greater Toronto area battleground

  Ontario's four main provincial party leaders are campaigning in the Greater Toronto Area again today, in a bid to shore up support in the key region.

  Politics

  May 5, 2022
• Ontario government says it will not move forward with licence plate redesign

  The Ontario government announced that it will not be moving forward with the redesign of the province's licence plates and will revert back to the original white "Yours to Discover" plates.

  Politics

  May 6, 2020
• Ontario legislature resumes after break as teacher job action escalates

  Contract talks between the Progressive Conservative government and the four major teachers' unions have largely stalled, and a co-ordinated provincewide strike set for Friday will see about two million students out of class.

  Education

  Feb 17, 2020
• Nearly 70,000 patients injured in Ontario hospitals each year, auditor general says

  "Each year, Ontario hospitals discharge one million people," Lysyk said. "Of those, about 67,000 people were harmed during their hospital stay."

  Health

  Dec 4, 2019
• Auditor general says Ontario not on track to achieving emissions reductions targets

  Ontario's auditor general says the province's climate change plan is unlikely to meet its emissions-reductions targets - and that the government acknowledges it.

  Politics

  Dec 4, 2019
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• Doug Ford and François Legault say Montreal meeting focused on immigration, health, economy

  Their meeting comes just days ahead of a meeting of all premiers in Toronto on Monday.

  Politics

  Nov 29, 2019
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• Ryerson, York students hold 1-day strike to protest provincial education cuts

  At the time, the Ford government said the changes to OSAP were to help trim the province's multi-billion-dollar deficit left by the former Liberal government.

  Education

  Nov 6, 2019