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More than 35 million trips were made using Ontario’s fare integration program during its first year, according to data from the provincial government.
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NEW: Education minister ‘concerned’ by vaccination rates amidst Ontario measles outbreak
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This week: Ontario plans to create ‘economic priority areas’ as part of anti-tariff strategy.
But it's a bill that could raise concerns about end-runs around the environment.
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Premier Doug Ford says a major auto assembly plant in western Ontario must quickly reopen after it announced a two-week shutdown in the face of U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest tariffs.
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Weeks after saying his caucus would be too busy to get involved with the federal election, Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he gave Caroline Mulroney his blessing to endorse Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre.
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NEW: During a speech to the Toronto Region Board of Trade Metrolinx CEO Michael Lindsey says the agency is showing “humility” as it moves away from P3 contracts in order to avoid painful transit construction delays similar to the Eglinton LRT.
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NEW: The interim-CEO of Metrolinx believes greater communication about ongoing construction projects, coupled with “around the clock” work will help residents tolerate the “open heart surgery” being performed on Toronto streets.
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Ontario’s newest associate housing minister is facing questions about his commitment to building new homes after appearing to promise during the recent election to block the idea of allowing towering developments in his riding.
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Measles, a vaccine-preventable disease, is surging across Canada, alarming health officials as new cases pop up throughout the country, with cases piling up in Ontario.
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On Wednesday, Moore was at the swearing-in ceremony for Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s new cabinet. There he turned down a request to be interviewed, saying he would wait until the health minister was sworn in.
21.03.2025 11:32 — 👍 12 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 0Global News has made several requests to the Ministry of Health to speak to Moore in the past week, also asking whether he will hold a public briefing on the measles outbreak.
Those requests have been ignored or declined.
NEW: After a 290% increase in measles cases in Ontario this week, questions are growing about why the Chief Medical Officer of Health isn't holding regular updates.
Dr. Kieran Moore has also rebuffed several media requests for interviews.
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Ontario business and education leaders are calling on the Ford government to increase funding to colleges and universities as a strategy to defend the province from the looming threat of U.S. tariffs.
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NEW: Allowing people to smoke drugs at supervised consumption sites was once on a shortlist of internal recommendations to overhaul the system before Ontario decided to shutter some locations and ban new ones altogether.
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As Ontario Premier Doug Ford prepares to unveil his third-term cabinet, Progressive Conservative strategists are expecting a status quo government with the majority of front-bench ministers returning to their posts.
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Canada as 51st state a ‘compliment,’ Ford says but country is ‘not for sale’
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Premier Doug Ford today called President Trump's threats to make Canada the 51st state "a compliment."
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NEW: The Ford government still plans to make the gas tax cut permanent despite PM Carney’s carbon tax change.
The Premier’s Office was evasive about Ontario’s industrial carbon tax which has raised $400M so far.
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A group of Toronto cyclists hoping to put a roadblock in the way of Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s bike lane plans have lost their bid to delay them
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Ontario’s mental health and addictions minister says the government isn’t in a place to consider involuntary treatment for people in crisis because the current system is already under too much stress.
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NEW: As Premier Doug Ford prepares to trigger a provincial election opposition parties are raising concerns about two planned trips to Washington during the campaign calling them “explicitly partisan” and an inappropriate use of taxpayer funds.
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NEW: Ontario’s Liberals have written a letter to the provinces chief electoral officer asking them to consider Premier Doug Ford’s upcoming trips to Washington as election related events, subject to election spending limits.
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Does Premier Doug Ford’s ‘Ontario needs a loud voice’ pitch hold up to scrutiny?
One government cabinet minister said the province had no issues meeting with American lawmakers during a trip to Washington.
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NEW: The call logs of Premier Doug Ford‘s private cellphone are one step closer to being released to the public after the province lost a major transparency battle over the government business conducted on the premier’s personal device
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NEW: Canada's Premiers are set to hold a virtual meeting on Wednesday in the wake of PMJT's resignation announcement yesterday.
The meeting, scheduled for 3:30pm, will only be attended by the premiers -- despite calls for a meeting with Trudeau.
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Ontario Premier Doug Ford repeatedly refused to rule out an early election and stuck doggedly to his talking points during a brief appearance on Monday as the resignation of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau threatened to uproot political plans in the province.
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