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Chiarelli keeps the faith on beleaguered smart meter program

Ministry of Energy earned the Canadian Taxpayers Federation's latest waste award for the smart meter 'boondoggle,' but the minister insists the program has saved 'tremendous money ... across the province.' ...

Pension plan bill delayed in committee over opposition protest

Tories and New Democrats were angry the bill hadn't been sent to one of the many committees without bills on the agenda, rather than to a committee already working on private members' bills. ...

Another shot in the arm for province’s auto parts sector

Province pitching in $1 million to help Japan-based company build its first plant in Ontario creating 40 jobs. ...

Heard: Nurses’ union warns of dozens of job cuts at Quinte Health Care

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Heard: $500,000 grant for graphite extraction in Northern Ontario

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Heard: Irish firm partly owned by CPP Board sells planes in US$4 billion deal

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Liberal mismanagement blamed for CAS database delay

'Government just can’t get an IT project right,' Tory Jim McDonell says; but Youth Services Minister Tracy MacCharles denies delay implementing a coroner recommendation is another example of SAMS snafu. ...

Metrolinx lauded for reining in free-ride policy

Del Duca commends transit agency for acting on complaints 'in a responsible way,' as board decides that friends and family members of employees can no longer ride free. ...