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Ontario Premier Doug Ford is facing backlash from First Nations leaders after claiming they “can’t just keep coming hat in hand all the time to the government” on the eve of a summit with several chiefs at Queen’s Park. On Thursday, Ford plans to host leaders of the Anishinabek Nation, which represents 39 municipalities in…
Ontario taxpayers were on the hook for a six-figure bill covering Premier Doug Ford’s high-profile trip to Washington, D.C., during the snap winter election campaign, Global News can reveal, reviving accusations that the Progressive Conservative Party relied on government resources during its re-election bid. Ford faced criticism in February after the PC Party appeared to…
The provincial and federal governments quietly signed a fresh Ontario affordable housing deal worth hundreds of millions of dollars after months of tense back-and-forth and threats to scrap the funding altogether. Shortly after Doug Ford’s new cabinet was sworn in March and with Mark Carney installed in the Prime Minister’s Office, Ottawa and Queen’s Park…
A regional chief for Anishinabek Nation says he briefed Ontario Provincial Police Thursday on what to expect when First Nations take to the streets to protest provincial and federal legislation aimed at fast-tracking major projects. Scott McLeod said he was invited by an Indigenous relations coordinator to brief officers at the OPP’s Orillia headquarters on why First Nations oppose the legislation and why they see the bills as a violation of treaties…
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…
