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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…
A $145,000 Italy trip by a group of Ontario school trustees is “symbolic of deeper structural problems” within the school board. That statement was made in the findings of a third-party review into the July 2024 trip by trustees of Brant Haldimand Norfolk Catholic District School Board (BHNCDSB), and released Wednesday as part of a…
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…
Ontario’s response to the escalating trade war with the United States will factor heavily in the first legislative sitting after Premier Doug Ford cruised to victory in the snap February election. Ford will outline his government’s priorities in a throne speech Tuesday delivered by the lieutenant-governor. The Progressive Conservative government is expected to table legislation…
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 Trump administration has yet to land on a formula for tariffs on automotive parts, according to one of Premier Doug Ford’s top cabinet ministers who suggested the unfinished calculation is the primary reason why the sector was previously spared. On April 3, Canadian-made cars and trucks shipped to the United States were hit with…
As the Ontario Legislature prepares to return after the snap February election, the Ford government is expected to table legislation to designate “economic priority areas” in the province — a law designed to help the province fast-track access to critical minerals in the Ring of Fire. When Queen’s Park roars back to life on Monday,…
A feasibility study to build an express tunnel under Highway 401 could take up to two years, Global News has learned, as the Ford government prepares to tender a contract to investigate the potential cost and viability of the project. In the fall of 2024, Premier Doug Ford announced his government would look into constructing…
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…
The interim-CEO of Ontario’s transit planning agency believes greater communication about ongoing construction projects, coupled with “around the clock” work will help residents tolerate the “open heart surgery” being performed on Toronto streets. During a speech to the Toronto Region Board of Trade Michael Lindsey, who was appointed interim CEO of Metrolinx in December, also…
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…
By Liam Casey The Canadian Press Posted March 25, 2025 3:04 pm Updated March 25, 2025 3:06 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Lawyers for the province say Ontario’s new law on supervised consumption sites does not ban them entirely and those deemed too close to schools and daycares…
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…
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 City of Hamilton says it has cleared more than a dozen encampments from public property as of this week under a municipal bylaw, following the council’s repeal of a protocol that had permitted them. In 2023, the city approved an encampment protocol that allowed outdoor shelters…
Ontario Premier Doug Ford was spending Wednesday meeting with Canada’s incoming prime minister and speaking to his fellow premiers ahead of a trip Thursday to Washington, D.C., to talk trade with a top U.S. official. Ford, federal Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc and Kirsten Hillman, Canada’s ambassador to the United States, are set to meet with…
Ontario is re-examining its trade strategy in the wake of American tariffs on Canadian goods, looking to focus on opening up new markets and attracting more overseas investment once the immediate economic threat passes. The province does about $500 billion in annual two-way trade with the United States. It’s the largest trading partner for 17 U.S….
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…
The future of Ontario’s Greenbelt will be re-examined again this year as the Ontario government prepares to embark on a mandatory 10-year review to determine whether parcels of land should be added or removed — a process that Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives have offered little information on. When the two-million-acre Greenbelt was first created by…
Thursday is election day in Ontario, and while the polls have consistently had the Progressive Conservatives cruising to re-election, there are various ridings across the province in which the results may come down to the wire or have broader implications. Here are 10 ridings to watch on election night: Mississauga East-Cooksville Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie, the…
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…
Bonnie Crombie recently celebrated a milestone birthday — the kind that usually prompts a big party, or at the very least a special gathering with family and close friends — but instead she sat in an office doing debate prep. Ahead of the big day, the Ontario Liberal Party leader sat down for an interview…
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…
When Vince Gasparro’s daughter suddenly fell ill last year, the “total chaos” he witnessed in the emergency department of a Toronto hospital spurred his desire to enter electoral politics. Even though his daughter ultimately received “phenomenal” care, the expected wait time displayed on a clock in the ER was more than nine hours, he said….
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….
