Rick Nicholls

• Unvaccinated former Ontario PC MPP Rick Nicholls out as deputy speaker

  The government was to move Tuesday morning to nominate another elected member to the role.

  Health

  Oct 5, 2021
  
• Ontario NDP want former PC MPP who refused COVID-19 vaccine to be replaced as deputy speaker

  Opposition house leader Peggy Sattler wrote to her government counterpart on Friday asking for a meeting to discuss "next steps" to replace Rick Nicholls.

  Politics

  Aug 20, 2021
  
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• MPP Rick Nicholls removed from Ontario PC Party caucus after refusing to get COVID-19 vaccine

  "Under no circumstances will I, nor should any other Ontarian, be forced or coerced to do something against their will," MPP Rick Nicholls said Thursday afternoon.

  Politics

  Aug 19, 2021
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• Ontario PC MPP introduces bill to overturn provincial pit bull ban

  Rick Nicholls, who represents the riding of Chatham-Kent-Leamington, said he has long pushed various governments to repeal the "breed-specific legislation" introduced more than a decade ago.

  Politics

  Nov 19, 2019
• Ontario PC Leader Patrick Brown orders MPP to retract comments over conservative views

  Progressive Conservative Leader Patrick Brown is trying again to keep a lid on social conservative views in his caucus, ordering a member of the legislature to retract comments about how some issues would be a priority for a Tory government.

  Canada

  Dec 14, 2016
• Animal protection agencies join forces to review OSPCA Act

  The process of governing animal welfare in Ontario is under scrutiny on a number of fronts.

  Canada

  Oct 25, 2016
• Dog rescue in court battle over alleged fighting dogs

  Dog Tales Rescue and Sanctuary wants to help 21 dogs seized by the OSPCA from an alleged fighting ring in the Chatham, Ont. area last October.

  Canada

  Sep 22, 2016
• Ontario Liberals mock Tory MPP who doesn’t believe in evolution

  Ontario's opposition parties say the Liberals are stooping to new lows to deflect attention from their scandals, including a police probe of allegations of corruption in a recent Sudbury byelection.

  Politics

  Feb 26, 2015
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• Ontario Tories distance themselves from MPP who doesn’t believe in evolution

  Ontario Tories are distancing themselves from one of their colleagues who says he doesn't believe in evolution.

  Politics

  Feb 25, 2015