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The Ford government is officially moving forward with a formal feasibility study for a tunnelled expressway below Highway 401, issuing a call for companies to investigate the viability of the plan. On Monday afternoon, the government posted a request for proposals for companies to undertake a two-year feasibility study for a tunnelled highway route from…
Over the past decade, successive provincial governments have announced major expansion projects for Ontario’s largest and most congested highway, promising that new lanes will alleviate worsening traffic. Between 2016 and 2024, Ontario began and completed 134 km of new lanes along Highway 401, which stretches from the U.S. border in the west through the gridlocked…
As the Ford government works to move the Ontario Science Centre from its historic home to a new flagship location on the waterfront, the province is looking for a consultant to guide the vision, a move that’s setting off alarm bells for some advocates. The province is in the midst of relocating the science centre…
The Ford government has been ordered to try and access emails related to the Greenbelt scandal sitting in a former staffer’s personal email account, after Ontario’s transparency watchdog found the province had failed to retain potentially valuable records. In an order issued after an appeal by Global News, the Information and Privacy Commissioner (IPC) said…
A coalition of labour groups is the latest to call on the Ford government to spend more on Ontario’s public colleges as part of a tariff response strategy, saying the training they provide is key to reducing economic reliance on the United States. On Monday, union leaders took to Queen’s Park to make their pitch…
The man tapped to lead an overhaul of Ontario’s potentially lucrative mining sector says critical minerals buried across the north represent vital “soft power leverage” against the United States. During a recent cabinet reshuffle, Ontario Premier Doug Ford added responsibility for mines to the portfolio of his existing energy minister. Stephen Lecce, who was trusted…
The Ford government has delayed a plan to unveil its tariff response blueprint from Thursday morning as confusion reigns over how U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs will affect Ontario. The province had organized a news conference to unveil its support plan at 9 a.m. on Thursday morning, with the ministers of finance, labour and trade…
Sensing a potential change in tone from the next federal government as U.S. President Donald Trump slaps tariffs on Canada, the Ford government is ramping up its efforts to build a road to the Ring of Fire. Creating a way to mine the mineral-rich area in northern Ontario has been on Premier Doug Ford’s to-do…
Ontario has released its annual salary disclosures, nicknamed the Sunshine List, revealing more than 375,000 publicly-paid employees in the province earned more than $100,000 last year. The three highest-paid civil servants in the province all worked for Ontario Power Generation but recently-departed Metrolinx CEO Phil Verster cracked the top five for the first time. Kenneth…
Allowing people to smoke drugs at supervised consumption sites was once on a shortlist of internal recommendations to overhaul the system before Ontario decided to shutter some locations and ban new ones altogether. New documents obtained by Global News using freedom of information laws show allowing supervised inhalation was one of three recommendations collated by…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The owners of a bar in Scarborough, Ont., where a mass shooting injured 12 people say they are “heartbroken” by the events that took place during the grand opening. The Piper Arms at Scarborough Town Centre was celebrating its opening night on Friday, March 7, when three…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size One of Ontario’s biggest cities has started removing American flags from its facilities and plans to install giant Canadian symbols as tensions between the two countries continue. Mississauga, which is located immediately to the west of Toronto, said over the weekend that the process was underway to…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Large swathes of Ontario, Quebec and a small section of Manitoba are set for a wet and wintery blast of weather on Saturday, Environment Canada is warning. The coldest conditions are likely to be near the Ontario-Manitoba border in an area sandwiched between Hudson’s Bay and Lake…
Ontario’s mental health and addictions minister says the government isn’t in a place to consider involuntary treatment for people in crisis because the current system is already under too much stress. In a sit-down interview with Focus Ontario, Michael Tibollo laid out how he wants to overhaul Ontario’s mental health and addictions system to ensure…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The two closest races in the recent snap provincial election look to be heading for a recount after official results from Elections Ontario confirmed they were both won by fewer than 25 votes. The ridings of Mississauga—Erin Mills and Mushkegowuk—James Bay were won by the Progressive Conservatives…
At the end of a four-week election snap election campaign, votes have been cast and counted resulting in a legislature that is a near carbon copy of the one dissolved at the end of January. On Jan. 28, Premier Doug Ford triggered an election campaign more than a year ahead of schedule saying he needed…
Who would be the most expensive choice for premier? That’s the question the Progressive Conservatives and Liberals are trying to answer for each other as the Ontario election campaign enters its final stretch. For close to a year, the PCs have tried to frame Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie, who they see as their leader Doug…
With the election battle entering its final week, Ontario’s major parties are hoping to convince voters to cast a ballot for them with competing commercials set to air during the 4 Nations hockey final. Team Canada is set to face off against Team U.S.A. in Boston on Thursday evening as part of a hotly-anticipated rematch…
The Liberals are facing questions about their candidate selection process for Ontario’s snap election as the Progressive Conservative campaign continues to unearth past social media comments made by Liberal candidates. On Monday, a social media post surfaced from Viresh Bansal, the Liberal candidate for Oshawa. “You can thank India for cleaning trash people,” he wrote….
The leaders of Ontario’s four major political parties are set to meet on stage again Monday night for the second and final televised debate of the campaign. Progressive Conservative Party Leader Doug Ford, Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles, Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie and Green Leader Mike Schreiner will debate one another during the 90-minute event….
More than halfway through Ontario’s snap election campaign, the province’s major parties are staying silent on whether they have any plans to balance the budget if they form government. In the opening two weeks of the campaign, the Progressive Conservatives, Ontario Liberals and NDP have all unveiled a series of high-cost promises. The PCs have…
Bobbi Ann Brady says she pulled off the “unthinkable” in 2022 when she won a southwestern Ontario seat in the legislature running as an independent candidate. The former Progressive Conservative chose to run an independent campaign after a disagreement over how the local Tory candidate was appointed before the last election — and won. “What…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Ontario’s Highway 11 has been closed northbound after a large crash involving multiple vehicles in snowy, wintery conditions, officials say. Ontario Provincial Police said the highway, located near Orillia, was closed on Friday after the multi-vehicle collision, as emergency services begged for space to respond to the…
Doug Ford’s personal views about U.S. President Donald Trump bubbled to the surface of Ontario’s snap election campaign after candid comments by the Progressive Conservative party leader were picked up at a campaign stop. Speaking to a small group of people at his local campaign headquarters, Ford appeared to explain his initial admiration for Trump…
As funds begin to flow to local municipalities around Ontario to clear encampments, the housing minister has admitted he may not need to pass an already-tabled bill that was supposed to deal with the issue. In mid-December, the Ford government proposed a new homelessness law designed to clear encampments from parks across the province and…
