Ontario Premier Doug Ford plans to focus on Toronto’s grinding gridlock in a round of upcoming legislation that promises to be “game-changing” for drivers. Speaking […]
Tag: Ontario politics
Premier Doug Ford focusing in on U.S. relations as presidential race heats up
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is “ramping up” relations with American governors and senators ahead of the U.S. presidential election and crucial renegotiations of the North […]
How Ontario watered down a landmark housing law as new builds hit the brakes
The first major piece of housing legislation to emerge from Queen’s Park in the wake of the Greenbelt scandal was meant to be a bill […]
Ford says ‘wider scope’ may be needed in Ontario’s child welfare reform
Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he is willing to take a “wider” view of child welfare in the province to ensure the tragic death of […]
Ontario wanted ‘massive density’ around its transit projects. Then the plan vanished
It was supposed to be an announcement to supersize housing developments around the busiest transit corridors in the Greater Toronto Area but it never took […]
‘The system has fallen apart’: A child dies every 3 days under Ontario’s care network
Every three days, a child who has been involved with Ontario’s care system dies. That’s according to provincial data obtained by Global News using freedom […]
Ontario school boards, government advance conflicting plans on social media limits
The Ford government and a group of Ontario school boards are slowly moving forward with contrasting strategies to battle distractions in the classroom caused by […]
Alcohol potentially a ‘saving grace’ for Ontario convenience stores as sales begin
Terry Yaldo never thought this day would come. The owner of Midway Convenience in Windsor, Ont., says alcohol sales in corner stores – which officially […]
Will the Eglinton Crosstown LRT open in 2024? Metrolinx is ‘not going to speculate’
The head of the Ontario government’s transit agency insists the years-delayed Eglinton Crosstown LRT is “relentlessly progressing” and has ticked off some “significant milestones” but […]
Toronto needs a ‘plate of spaghetti’ transit system but costs are skyrocketing: report
The cost of expanding Toronto’s aging transit system has skyrocketed in recent decades, according to a new report, with the price per kilometre of new […]