Ontario to take control of Toronto's stake in city airport lands: Ford
TORONTO -- Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the province will take control of Toronto's stake in the island airport.
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Ford muses about filling in part of Toronto waterfront for new convention centre
Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he is considering filling in part of Toronto's waterfront for a new convention centre.
Doug Ford takes issue with Toronto's 13-year timeline to build road safety measures
TORONTO -- Ontario Premier Doug Ford is taking issue with a Toronto city council report that concluded it would take upwards of 13 years and cost $52 million to build speed bumps and other traffic calming measures.
Niagara region mayors to decide on possible amalgamation, Premier Doug Ford says
Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he will leave the possibility of amalgamation of cities and towns in the Niagara region up to local mayors, though he believes something must be done.
Bonnie Crombie resigns as leader of Ontario Liberal Party, effective immediately
TORONTO -- Bonnie Crombie resigned Wednesday as leader of the Ontario Liberal Party, months after saying she would leave following a tepid leadership vote in the fall.
Bonnie Crombie resigns as leader of Ontario Liberal Party, effective immediately
TORONTO -- Bonnie Crombie resigned Wednesday as leader of the Ontario Liberal Party, months after saying she would leave following a tepid leadership vote in the fall.
Nearly 85,000 people homeless in Ontario, up 8 per cent in one year: report
TORONTO -- Homelessness is getting worse across Ontario with an estimated 85,000 people who were without a home in 2025 and nearly 2,000 encampments across the province, a new report from Ontario's municipalities shows.
Ontario still short of long-term care bed goal, data in fiscal update show
TORONTO -- Ontario has built nearly 6,700 long-term care beds with another 18,000 beds in the pipeline, a far cry from the province's goal to add 58,000 new or upgraded beds by 2028.
Ontario labour minister under fire for skills development funding
TORONTO -- Ontario Labour Minister David Piccini was in the hot seat today as politicians are back at Queen's Park for the first time in months.
Short, intense session set for Queen's Park after 137-day break
TORONTO -- Premier Doug Ford's government returns to Queen's Park Monday for what promises to be a short but intense seven-week sitting that opposition parties say they fear is becoming a new and undemocratic norm.
Ontario investigating alleged data breach of 200,000 home care patients' info
TORONTO -- Ontario is investigating an alleged breach of 200,000 home care patients' personal health data, Health Minister Sylvia Jones said Friday.
Doug Ford apologizes over 'hat in hand' comment about First Nations
TORONTO -- Ontario Premier Doug Ford has apologized for saying First Nations should not keep coming "hat in hand" to the government if they say no to mining projects, a comment many First Nation leaders called racist.
Ontario to make Ring of Fire a special economic zone 'as quickly as possible': Ford
TORONTO -- Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the province intends to designate the mineral-rich Ring of Fire as a special economic zone as quickly as possible.
Doug Ford floats idea of electing judges in rant on bail reform
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is blasting judges in the province who he perceives as being soft on crime, and is floating ideas such as judges running for election and offering them payouts to retire early.
Ontario to loosen internal trade, remove barriers on alcohol and labour mobility
TORONTO -- Ontario is set to table legislation to make trade between provinces easier, as a way to shore up the economy against the effects of American tariffs.
Tariffs and Trump loom large in Ontario's agenda-setting throne speech
TORONTO -- The economic uncertainty created by U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs permeated Ontario's throne speech Tuesday, a ceremonial offering intended to set the new provincial government's agenda and tone.
Tariff response to be focus at Queen's Park as new session begins after election
TORONTO -- Ontario's response to the escalating trade war with the United States will factor heavily in the first legislative sitting after Premier Doug Ford cruised to victory in the snap February election.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford announces new cabinet with familiar names, few changes
TORONTO -- Ontario Premier Doug Ford named a new cabinet Wednesday with many familiar faces, though he has shuffled his housing, education and environment ministers.
Health care, tax cuts and Highway 401 tunnel focus of Ontario campaign trail
Health care, tax cuts and a pledge to build a tunnel under Highway 401 are the focus on the Ontario campaign trail today.
Doug Ford pledges $22 billion in stimulus package if re-elected as Ontario premier
Ontario Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford says he will spend $22 billion to build infrastructure as part of a stimulus package in the face of a possible trade war with the United States.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford set to request dissolution of parliament for early election
TORONTO -- Ontario Premier Doug Ford is set to request the dissolution of provincial parliament today and trigger an early election for Feb. 27.
Ford government pledges $1.4B to boost primary health care, days before election call
TORONTO -- The Ontario government says it is spending $1.4 billion in new money to ramp up primary health care, just two days before the premier is set to call a snap election.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford plans to call snap election next week: sources
TORONTO -- Premier Doug Ford plans to call a snap election next Wednesday and send Ontarians to the polls on Feb. 27, The Canadian Press has learned.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford to call snap election next week: sources
TORONTO -- Two senior government sources say Premier Doug Ford plans to call a snap election next Wednesday and send Ontarians to the polls on Feb. 27.
Ontario politicians, businesspeople to mark large presence in D.C. for inauguration
TORONTO -- Ontario politicians, business leaders and union executives are set to descend on Washington, D.C., for president-elect Donald Trump's inauguration as part of a provincial pushback to the incoming administration's looming trade war.
Ontario bill aimed at ending homeless encampments to stiffen trespass, drug penalties
TORONTO -- Ontario legislation aimed at helping municipalities clear homeless encampments out of public parks will include stronger trespass laws and fines or jail time for illegal drug use in public, Premier Doug Ford announced Thursday.
Ontario's opioid strategy outdated, auditor general says
TORONTO -- Ontario's auditor general says the province's opioid strategy, with its new abstinence-based model for treatment, is outdated and does not serve the current needs of the people.
Ontario fast-tracking several bills with little or no debate
TORONTO -- Ontario is pushing through several bills with little or no debate, which the government house leader says is due to a short legislative sitting.
Ontario clamps down on supervised drug consumption, to close 10 sites
TORONTO -- Ontario is revamping its approach to the drug crisis by banning consumption sites that are close to schools, introducing a number of treatment hubs and ending the practice of safer supply, Health Minister Sylvia Jones said Tuesday.
Ontario developer coalition asks governments for tax breaks to pass on to homebuyers
TORONTO -- A coalition of Ontario developers has written to three levels of government to ask for a reduction in taxes on new housing, saying it will pass on those savings dollar for dollar to homebuyers.
OPP officers ratify four-year deal to become highest paid cops in Ontario
TORONTO -- Ontario Provincial Police officers are now the highest paid in the province, their union says, after they ratified a four-year deal last week.
First Nation legislator makes history at Queen's Park with speech in Oji-Cree
TORONTO -- A First Nation legislator addressed Queen's Park in his own language Tuesday, marking the first time a language other than English and French has been allowed by officials in Ontario's legislative chamber.