The Ford government is setting its sights on building its signature Highway 413 project next year, with plans for the controversial route to begin construction […]
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Dollars and cents: Ontario homelessness spend balloons as community housing craters
Advocates are calling for a change of strategy to deal with Ontario’s housing crisis as new internal data suggests the Ford government is throwing hundreds […]
Renewed tensions over Queen’s Park keffiyeh ban brewing
The Ontario NDP is promising “next steps” in its battle to overturn a ban on keffiyehs being worn inside the provincial legislature. A debate around […]
Chemical plant shuts down after high benzene levels detected near Ontario First Nation
Days after high levels of the cancer-causing chemical benzene were detected on the northern border of Aamjiwnaang First Nation, a chemical plant in Sarnia is […]
Ontario takes action against chemical plant after Aamjiwnaang First Nation residents fell ill
The Ontario government says it’s taking swift action against a chemical plant following a spike in benzene readings and after members of Aamjiwnaang First Nation […]
Ontario is changing what developers pay to build. Feds say it means ‘higher taxes’
The Ford and Trudeau governments could be on another collision course over housing policy after Ontario tabled plans to change the fees municipalities are allowed […]
‘The battle is not over’: Opponents of Highway 413 vow to fight controversial project
Opponents of Highway 413 say the “battle is not over” after a deal between the federal and provincial governments was reached to allow construction of […]
Gravy sent to Premier Doug Ford briefly shuts down Ontario government building
Parts of an Ontario government building were briefly shut down and evacuated on Tuesday after a suspicious package sent to Premier Doug Ford turned out […]
Ford government questions usefulness of fourplex policies citing low uptake
The Ford government is questioning the efficacy of fourplex policies in Ontario, claiming that four units as-of-right isn’t the key to solving the province’s housing […]
Metrolinx resumes body-worn cameras plan after government ‘pauses’ program
As transit routes in Toronto experienced a wave of violence in early 2023, a long-established plan to equip GO Transit fare inspectors with body-worn cameras […]