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Ontario’s provincial transit agency is facing criticism and questions — including from the minister responsible for its work — after spending tens of thousands of dollars entering its own public relations content into awards programs. Metrolinx, which runs the GO Transit network and leads the government’s transit expansion projects, has a large communications team responsible…
A final tally of which Ontario municipalities hit their housing targets and how many fell short last year has been finished since mid-February, according to government documents obtained by Global News, despite the province refusing to release the data for months. For the past two years, the Ford government has set targets for new homes…
By Allison Jones The Canadian Press Posted June 11, 2025 1:11 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Ontario’s financial accountability officer says in a report today that the province’s housing starts for the first quarter of this year were at the lowest levels since 2009. The FAO’s economic monitor…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he won’t be ordering the LCBO to restock alcohol from the United States, despite plans from neighbouring provinces to begin selling American booze again. Speaking at an event hosted by the Globe and Mail on Monday, Ford addressed plans by the premiers…
The Ford government is facing accusations it has abandoned its promise to “protect Ontario” from U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs after a major yarn maker shuttered its retail storefront and manufacturing facility in a southwestern Ontario community. Spinrite — which makes yarn and sewing thread — recently announced the closure of its Listowel, Ont., facility,…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Ontario ombudsman is launching an investigation into the treatment of inmates at a provincially run jail after an avalanche of complaints from the public and prisoners. The backlash stems from an incident in which inmates were forced to strip down to their underwear and sit, wrists…
By Liam Casey The Canadian Press Posted June 9, 2025 12:18 pm Updated June 9, 2025 12:19 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Two First Nations in and around the Ring of Fire that signed deals with the provincial government are speaking out against a new Ontario law. Aroland…
Ontario Premier Doug Ford says First Nations groups who blockade critical infrastructure will be “dealt with appropriately” as tensions peak over his controversial mining legislation, with expectations it could pass today. Among other changes, Bill 5, or the Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act, will create so-called special economic zones where a range of…
The Ontario Liberals have tabled more than 4,000 amendments to the province’s controversial Bill 5 in a last-gasp attempt to slow its progress during the final day of committee and force the government to delay passing it into law. Bill 5 is the Ford government’s mining legislation, which has sparked protests from First Nations leaders and…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he expects Metrolinx and the consortium building Eglinton Crosstown LRT to hand the years-delayed transit line over to Toronto’s transit agency in a matter of weeks. Ford made the comments at an unrelated event on Tuesday, where he said the Eglinton LRT…
