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Is Doug Ford’s timeline for a new Ontario Science Centre realistic? It depends who you ask Construction is expected to begin "in the coming weeks" as a consortium of companies begins building the new Ontario Science Centre, which Premier Doug Ford says will open in 2029.

NEW: The latest on Premier Doug Ford’s new Ontario Science Centre scheme. Construction expected to begin within weeks.

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Doug Ford unveils design for new Science Centre at Ontario Place About 5,700 jobs are expected to be created during construction, the government said.

I will be taking ⁦‪@TorontoStar‬⁩ readers’ questions about the new Ontario Science Centre and the redevelopment of Ontario Place at 10 am.

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Doug Ford unveils design for new Science Centre at Ontario Place About 5,700 jobs are expected to be created during construction, the government said.

I will be answering ⁦‪@thestar.com readers’ questions about the new Ontario Science Centre and the Ontario Place redevelopment on Friday at 10 a.m.

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Doug Ford government unveils what the new Science Centre will look like at Ontario Place About 5,700 jobs are expected to be created during construction, the government said.

Premier Doug Ford is likening the design of the new Ontario Science Centre at Ontario Place to the Sydney Opera House in Australia. The Toronto museum is designed by local architects Hariri Pontarini.

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Ontario launching pilot project for ‘emotion-focused’ long-term care The Ontario government is launching a three-year, $9-million pilot project for "emotion-focused care" in long-term care facilities.

The ⁦‪@TorontoStar‬⁩’s ⁦‪@MoiraWelsh‬⁩ on a new ⁦‪@ONgov‬⁩ pilot project to help people living with dementia.

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Ontario Liberals got a bump in public support after losing leader, poll suggests In the first Abacus tracking poll for the Star since Bonnie Crombie stepped down from the party leadership last month, the Liberals are up to their highest level of support

NEW: @abacusdataca poll in the @TorontoStar:
@OntarioPCParty 44%
@OntLiberal 30%
@OntarioNDP 16%
@OntarioGreens 6%

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Doug Ford says an early federal election call has ‘nothing to do with me’ But the premier wouldn't say if he privately counselled Carney to call a snap vote to secure a Liberal majority.

NEW: Premier Doug Ford damns ⁦‪@PierrePoilievre‬⁩ with faint praise. "You don't win elections at conventions, you win elections across the country so let's see what happens if the prime minister decides to call (an) election."

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Doug Ford expected to wait until summer for Scarborough Southwest byelection Premier Doug Ford is expected to wait until summer to hold a provincial byelection in Scarborough Southwest to fill the vacancy left by the resignation of NDP MPP Doly Begum.

Amid ⁦‪@OntLiberal‬⁩ jockeying and ⁦‪@OntarioNDP‬⁩ soul-searching, ⁦‪@OntarioPCParty‬⁩ Premier Doug Ford is in no rush to call a byelection.

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Martin Regg Cohn: Doly Begum may have been eyeing greener pastures when she left the Ontario NDP for the Carney Liberals What motivated Doly Begum, the longtime deputy NDP leader, to abandon her provincial party — and forsake her political comrades — to join the rival Liberal tribe in a coming

The ⁦‪@TorontoStar‬⁩’s @reggcohn on ⁦‪@DolyBegum‬⁩’s greener pastures.

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Ontario Liberals divided over Nate Erskine-Smith byelection bid Doly Begum's decision to jump from the provincial NDP to run for Prime Minister Mark Carney's federal Liberals in Scarborough Southwest has rocked Queen's Park.

@MaritStiles' rattled ⁦‪@OntarioNDP‬⁩ is regrouping and Premier Doug Ford's ⁦‪@OntarioPCParty‬⁩ is gearing up for a byelection that could divide the ⁦‪@OntLiberal‬⁩ party during a leadership contest.

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Why this byelection could decide who becomes — or doesn’t become — Ontario’s next Liberal leader A looming provincial byelection in Scarborough Southwest has set in motion a cascading chain of events that could define the next general election.

NEW: Why the upcoming provincial Scarborough Southwest byelection could determine the future of the ⁦‪@OntLiberal‬⁩ party.

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Martin Regg Cohn: Deputy leader’s defection confirms that the Ontario NDP is going nowhere Her move to the federal Liberals has left provincial New Democrats shell shocked and the provincial Liberals looking at a new opportunity.

The ⁦‪@TorontoStar‬⁩’s @reggcohn on a tumultuous day in provincial and federal politics. Blair’s departure begat Begum’s defection, which triggered NES’s bold gambit. The fortunes of three political parties at two different levels impacted.

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How one defection to Mark Carney’s Liberals set off a political earthquake at Queen’s Park MPP Doly Begum will run in the Scarborough Southwest byelection to replace Bill Blair, who stepped down yesterday.

From the front page of the ⁦‪@TorontoStar‬⁩, this was our most-read story yesterday and is our most-read this morning.

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Mark Carney’s Liberals recruit NDP MPP to run in Scarborough byelection The federal Liberals announced Tuesday morning that Doly Begum, the New Democrat MPP for the riding and the provincial NDP’s deputy leader, will be their candidate in the Scarborough Southwest

BREAKING: @OntarioNDP deputy leader @DolyBegum is running for the federal @liberal_party to succeed @BillBlair in Scarborough Southwest. A coup for @MarkJCarney and a blow to @MaritStiles.

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Doug Ford touts a fourth term in speech at Tory convention Saturday night Speaking to 1,000 Tory delegates, Ford vowed to “protect Ontario” from U.S. President Donald Trump and said he looks forward to leading the Progressive Conservatives to “a historic, fourth majority ma...

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