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Months after he first mused about buying back portions of Highway 407 to alleviate congestion in and around Toronto, Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he hasn’t met with executives in charge of the private road. Speaking to reporters on Thursday afternoon, Ford said he had not met with the operators of Highway 407 but admitted…
Ontario’s homelessness crisis is “at a tipping point,” the group representing most of the province’s municipalities is warning, as the recorded number of homeless people ticks towards 100,000. A new report released by the Association of Municipalities of Ontario points to massive growth in the number of people experiencing homelessness, particularly in the southern parts…
The Ford government is working on plans to allow new long-term care homes to sidestep the local planning process, Global News can reveal, as Ontario races to replace homes facing closure and keep up with demand for new beds. The change could come as Ontario experiences “capacity pressures” on its existing stock of long-term care…
The Ford government is set to offer rebates for home renovations and even new appliances as it ramps up efforts to improve energy efficiency in Ontario homes. On Tuesday, Energy and Electrification Minister Stephen Lecce unveiled a new rebates program as part of the government’s 12-year, $11-billion energy efficiency plan. The plan includes rebates of…
Almost a year after the number of international students coming to Canada was capped, resulting in a drop of almost 50 per cent for Ontario, colleges in the province have started to make deep cuts as the sector goes through a “rebalancing.” Several colleges have announced massive changes and suspended programs, blaming the moves on…
During an appearance on Fox News, Ontario Premier Doug Ford joked that president-elect Donald Trump’s tariff threats were belated retribution for the War of 1812 as the province continued a coordinated attempt to appeal to the American public. On Wednesday afternoon, Ford appeared in an interview with Fox News host Neil Cavuto to promote Ontario’s…
The cost of relocating the Ontario Science Scentre to Ontario Place increased by $400 million in less than eight months, the province’s auditor general has found, throwing cold water on the government’s assertions that moving the tourist attraction would be cheaper than renovating the existing site. When the Ford government announced a controversial plan to…
A top aide to Ontario Premier Doug Ford is facing questions about how he manages sensitive government records after he traded in his cellphone without fully backing it up, Global News can reveal, meaning months of text messages related to official government business are now considered “missing.” The government has been engaged in a months-long…
With Donald Trump’s threat of tariffs on all Canadian goods hanging over it, the Ford government is spending tens of millions of dollars on a new advertising campaign in the United States to promote Ontario’s role as a key trading partner. A new commercial targeting Americans is set to launch Monday across the U.S., with…
