Category: News

By Kenyon Wallace The City of Hamilton is hoping CN Rail will share the cost of replacing an aging bridge that became the municipality’s responsibility during the 1990s when the province downloaded infrastructure mainte ...

. . . at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere. * After a delay of several months, ORNGE founder Dr. Chris Mazza is set to appear before a legislative committee on Wednesday. Mazza's first scheduled appearance was ...

By Kenyon Wallace Free internet access at Guelph Public Library branches may soon be a thing of the past if money is not found to replace lost federal funding. Industry Canada recently announced that it was cutting the ...

. . . at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere. * Ontario Ombudsman Andre Marin said Tuesday on Twitter that he has received more than 30 complaints about the end of the Slots to Racetracks program and its impact o ...

By Kenyon Wallace The City of Belleville is turning directly to industry for advice on how municipal administrators can create or change policies to help improve the local economy. As part of the city’s business retent ...

By Kenyon Wallace The province should ban corrugated boxes from landfills to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, save money and improve the diversion rate from garbage to recycling, the Paper & Paperboard Packaging Env ...

. . . at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere. * Workplace Safety Insurance Board Chair Elizabeth Witmer told the standing committee on government agencies this week that the WSIB is making solid progress in sever ...

. . . at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere. * Ontario Power Generation is cutting 1,000 jobs across the province. Tom Mitchell, OPG’s president and chief executive, says the move is part of a “business transfor ...

By Kenyon Wallace At a time when municipalities across the province are facing budget crunches, the City of Quinte West is hoping to go all in on a casino. City council has decided to ask the Ontario Lottery and Gaming ...

. . . at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere. * Stacey Danckert will run for the Green Party of Ontario is the much-anticipated byelection in Kitchener-Waterloo to replace Elizabeth Witmer, who stepped down this ...

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By Kenyon Wallace The Ontario government may face a lawsuit from the City of Hamilton unless it agrees to review the province's “heads-and-beds” payments to municipalities. Hamilton councillor Terry Whitehead told QP B ...

. . . at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere. * Wednesday marked the third anniversary of  Tim Hudak’s election as Tory party leader and he was in a reflective mood. “It’s a bit of a baptism by fire when you bec ...

. . . at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere. * Detailed construction plans are being drawn up for two new possible reactors at Darlington. Ontario Power Generation has signed agreements with Westinghouse and SN ...

* The Standing Committee on Government Agencies will meet to review the LCBO in Trenton. Harvest Ballroom, Holiday Inn Trenton Stakeholder Presentations 10 a.m. - Prince Edward County Wine Growers Association: Lynn Sul ...

. . . at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere. * The Ontario English Catholic Teachers' Association said Monday that, contrary to recent media reports, negotiations with the province are continuing and nothing has ...

The Standing Committee on Public Accounts will meet to consider the Auditor General’s report on ORNGE. Room 131. 9:00 a.m. - Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care: Ruth Hawkins, Assistant Deputy Minister & Chief Adm ...

By Kenyon Wallace The Ontario government is spending $4 million over four years to expand its Language Interpreter Services program for victims of sexual violence. The expansion, which will provide interpretation in mo ...

. . . at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere * Speaker Dave Levac recently ended up on crutches after re-injuring his wonky knee while playing golf. Still the Brantford MPP managed to complete a weekend fund-rais ...

Monday, June 25 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The Standing Committee on Government Agencies will meet to review the LCBO in Niagara Falls. Grand Ballroom of the Crown Plaza. Tuesday, June 26 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. the Standing Comm ...

By Kenyon Wallace Prince Edward County is embarking on a major realignment of its corporate structure as it moves towards a work culture focused on improved customer service, better communications and efficient service ...

. . . at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere * Glass used on apartment balconies must be heat treated and laminated so that it can’t come crashing to the street, Municipal Affairs and Housing Minister Kathleen Wy ...

. . . at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere. * Once it became clear that the budget bill would pass on Wednesday, Premier Dalton McGuinty became increasingly magnanimous about the budget process, which became st ...

 . . . at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere. * Despite the over-heated rhetoric, there were some light moments during the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs clause-by-clause consideration of Bil ...

9 a.m. The House resumes for the final day of sittings before the legislature rises for the summer. Two hours of debate are allowed on Bill 55, before the final confidence vote on the budget takes place. If the question ...

. . . at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere. * Following is the complete text of Ontario NDP Leader Andrea Horwath’s letter on Monday to Premier Dalton McGuinty: Dear Premier, Earlier this spring, we worked to ...

9:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. The Standing Committee of Finance and Economic Affairs will resume its clause-by-clause consideration of Bill 55. The committee must call the question as of 2 p.m. and begin considering each sched ...

Inside Ontario is a weekly roundup of issues prepared by Contributing Editor Kenyon Wallace. The Northwestern Ontario Municipal Association says the distribution of electricity in remote parts of the province is in dire ...

PR1, Coutu Gold Mines Limited Act, passed Third Reading on June 11. PR3, Master's College and Seminary Act (Tax Relief), passed Third Reading on June 11. PR4, Hili Enterprises Ltd. Act, passed Third Reading on June 11. ...

. . . at Queen's Park, cross Ontario and elsewhere * The Ontario Nurses Association have thrown their support behind opposition parties after they struck down key government schedules in the budget bill. "Contrary to wh ...

Monday, June 18 9:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. The Standing Committee of Finance and Economic Affairs will resume its clause-by-clause consideration of Bill 55. The committee has already struck five sections of the budget bill ...

. . . at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere * OK, “Mayor McMeekin” has a ring to it. But is Ted McMeekin, currently the agriculture minister and the only Liberal MPP from Hamilton, thinking about running for the ...

By Kenyon Wallace New Democratic MPP Michael Prue's bid to prevent restaurant owners from keeping any portion of an employee’s tips might sound good in practice but needs a closer look, a hospitality expert says. Mike ...

. . . at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere * The Standing Committee on the Legislative Assembly set its summer meeting times on Wednesday. The committee will meet July 3, 4, 24 and 25 in Toronto to continue it ...

9 a.m. and 1 p.m. The Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs will meet for clause-by-clause consideration of Bill 55. Room 151. 3 p.m. The Fourth Symposium on HIV, the Law and Human Rights at the Delta Chels ...

. . . at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere. * Timmins is dealing with increasing numbers of nuisance black bears, forced from their natural habitat by recent forest fires. “I would think we have more bears runn ...

8:45 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. The Standing Committee on Public Accounts will continue its hearings into the ORNGE air ambulance service. Room 151. 1 p.m. The Standing Committee on the Legislative Assembly will continue its r ...

. . . at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere. * Clause-by-clause consideration of Bill 19, the Residential Tenancies Amendment Act, wrapped up Monday afternoon at Justice Policy Committee in just 20 minutes. With ...