Category: News

. . . at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere. * The Ontario government will begin public consultations in December on a proposed 400-hectare expansion of the Greenbelt in Oakville, the first expansion of the prot ...

. . . at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere. * High-school teachers in five Ontario boards have reached tentative deals as their elementary counterparts ramp up job action in some parts of the province. The Yor ...

. . . at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere. * Two men were arrested Tuesday during an anti-poverty protest outside Minister of Community and Social Services John Milloy’s constituency office. The Kitchener Cen ...

. . . at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere. * The Town of Oakville has launched a new web page and RSS feed that keeps residents up to date on the latest disruptions in municipal services – everything from road ...

. . . at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere. * Fifteen minutes or it’s free. No, it’s not the new Pizza Pizza takeout slogan or something worthy of Herman Cain’s failed presidential bid. It’s the Ontario’s gover ...

By Greg Crone If practice makes perfect, then Gerard Kennedy is a shoo-in. This is the third time he has run for leader, first for the Ontario Liberals in 1996, then for the federal Liberals in 2006 and now for Ontario ...

. . . at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere. * Durham regional council has rejected a proposal to adopt a “fair wages” policy that would set the pay and benefits contractors would have to give to those working o ...

. . . at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere. * A committee of Guelph city council will review a staff report that looks into the issue of whether the position of city councillor should be a full-time job. A majo ...

. . . at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere. * The Ontario Convenience Stores Association has joined a growing coalition against Toronto’s plastic bag ban. Toronto City Council passed the ban in a surprise move ...

. . . at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere. * Premier Dalton McGuinty’s office worked on a statement accepting a decision to halt rescue efforts at a collapsed mall in Elliot Lake last summer — hours before the ...

. . . at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere. * OSSTF President Ken Coran said late Tuesday that representatives of the teachers’ union had been holding discussions with government officials and that the two side ...

. . . at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere. * Energy Minister Chris Bentley will be in Niagara Falls Thursday morning to help pour the last concrete in Ontario Power Generation's Niagara Tunnel Project, the lat ...

By Kenyon Wallace The City of Belleville is facing a “worst-case scenario” with news that up to 120 jobs will be lost when ExxonMobil Chemical Films Canada closes its local plastics factory. The closure, recently annou ...

. . . at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere. * A Notice to Appeal has been served by Trillium Power Wind Corporation against a September ruling that dismissed its claim against the provincial government. Trilliu ...

Premier Dalton McGuinty moved quickly  to fill the gaps created by the Friday resignation of cabinet minister Kathleen Wynne. Transportation Minister Bob Chiarelli will assume Wynne's responsibilities as Minister of Mun ...

. . . at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere. * Ontario’s air ambulance provider is introducing a new conflict of interest policy “to further improve transparency and accountability” at ORNGE. Under the new poli ...

By Kenyon Wallace London politicians have promised to tone down the heated rhetoric that sometimes overtakes council meetings, inspired by a local school board's anti-bullying initiative. Thames Valley District School ...

. . . at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere. * Toronto, the fastest growing condo market in North America and, will be the host city Friday for the biggest gathering of the condo industry in Canada. Minister of ...

By Kenyon Wallace The City of Guelph wants to improve its relationship with the media. To that end, city staff is conducting an analysis of Guelph-related news stories published by local, provincial and national outlet ...

. . . at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere. * Opposition MPPs were looking to score political points over the Liberal leadership race after Minister of Economic Development and Innovation Brad Duguid became the ...

. . . at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere. * Tory MPP Rob Leone and a member of his staff staged a two-person protest outside the St. Catharines riding office of Liberal MPP Jim Bradley, calling for the legisl ...

. . . at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere. * Premier Dalton McGuinty has adjusted the dates of his trade mission to China so that it won't conflict with the Ontario Liberal Party leadership convention. McGuin ...

. . . at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere. * Energy Minister Chris Bentley’s announcement he won’t seek the Liberal party leadership and is quitting politics will only add to credit rating agency concerns over ...

By Kenyon Wallace The position of Simcoe County warden may eventually come with a four-year term but it won’t be turned into a full-time job anytime soon. The warden’s term was lengthened from one to two years in 2010 ...

. . . at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere. * Premier Dalton McGuinty will be joined by Tory leader Tim Hudak and New Democratic leader Andrea Horwath in Hamilton Friday afternoon for the state funeral of forme ...

. . . at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere. * Bill Armstrong, a London city councillor and husband of New Democratic MPP Teresa Armstrong, is in hot water over a year-old incident in which he went to a London p ...

By Kenyon Wallace London Mayor Joe Fontana has confirmed on his personal website that the RCMP is investigating allegations that $20,000 in federal tax dollars were used to cover some of the costs of his son’s wedding r ...

. . . at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere. * A  new integrated cancer screening system for Ontario was unveiled Tuesday by Health Minister Deb Matthews. Eligible patients will be mailed a yearly screening rem ...

. . . at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere. * Prime Minister Stephen Harper arrived quietly at Queen's Park on Monday – in an nine-car motorcade complete with blaring sirens, flashing lights and a dozen OPP out ...

By Kenyon Wallace Simcoe County is taking a proactive approach to low-income and medium-income residents who want to buy a house. County council has decided to provide up to 10 per cent of the purchase price to prospec ...