Legislation to be introduced Tuesday will loosen development rules. ...
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Zero deaths: Your Ontario COVID-19 roundup
A roundup of COVID-19 news in Ontario on July 6. ...
Your Question Period Briefing: ‘Premier, I wish you’d stay’
What was asked and answered in question period on Monday, July 6. ...
Your morning briefing
Your morning roundup of news and agenda items for Monday, July 6. ...
Business Council welcomes Robert Asselin and Michael Gullo to its leadership team
SPONSORED: The Business Council of Canada is pleased to welcome Robert Asselin and Michael Gullo to its policy team. ...
Crown attorneys seek injunction to halt courts from reopening, citing safety concerns
The Ministry of the Attorney General defended the health and safety approach. ...
COVID-19 Roundup: The premier hints at what stage three will look like
The government also announced new online workplace safety courses. ...
Calls continue for reversal of guidance that could enable asymptomatic migrant farm workers to keep working
Nearly 770 health-care workers sent a letter to the province's top doctor yesterday calling for the reversal. ...
Who’s lobbying for whom
A list of new, renewed and amended registrations with the Office of the Integrity Commissioner. ...
Your morning briefing
Your morning roundup of news and agenda items for Friday, July 3. ...
$150M funding announcement highlights requests for more money from Ottawa, Queen’s Park
Premier Doug Ford used the announcement to appeal to the federal government for more flexibility in pandemic funding. ...
‘I could weep reading this,’ mother of children with autism says of MPP report outlining ‘dire’ situation of families
Liberal MPP Michael Coteau's report includes recommendations for the government on how to help the autism community. ...
COVID-19 Roundup: Blue Jays are back in flight
The premier also commented on migrant workers and the unavailable contact tracing app. ...
A rundown of the regulatory changes that came into effect on Canada Day
The changes affect 11 ministries. ...
Your morning briefing
Your morning roundup of news and agenda items for Thursday, July 2. ...
COVID-19 roundup: Ontario parks made free for Canada Day
The premier also expressed openness to streaming court proceedings beyond the pandemic. ...
Toronto and Peel take lead on mandating masks, despite provincial reluctance
If passed, masks would be mandatory in indoor sites as early as July 6. ...
Ontario ombudsman’s annual report documents ‘disturbing’ conditions in correctional facilities
Paul Dubé also said his office has received more than 800 complaints related to COVID-19. ...
Seniors’ program boost preceded by cut
The NDP's seniors critic says the government needs to take more action on retirement home regulation. ...
Your morning briefing
Your morning roundup of news and agenda items for Tuesday, June 30. ...
Advocates call for ‘readiness-based system’ to replace ‘age-based cut-offs’ for youth leaving care
This comes as the Ontario government extended a moratorium on youth "aging out" of care until the end of the year. ...
ICI freeze gets mixed reaction from industrial and commercial ratepayers
The manufacturing sector was pleased by the move. ...
‘A small group of bad apples’: Your daily roundup
There was also a further spike in Windsor-Essex coronavirus cases. ...
Your morning briefing
Your morning roundup of news and agenda items for Monday, June 29. ...
In Brief: Ontario shows best test results in three months
An off-duty cop was found guilty of assaulting a young Black man, and the premier reflects on his term thus far. ...
Milloy: Hey Ontarians, don’t always look to Ottawa to fix what ails us
The first logical first step of fixing the problems exposed by COVID-19 figuring out who is in charge of what. ...
Fundingportal: Who Got Government Grants This Week
Each week, Fundingportal crunches the numbers on who got funding from where. ...
Advocates worry guidance enabling asymptomatic people to work poses risk to migrant farm workers
But the province's chief medical officer of health says the policy was made "out of respect" for workers. ...
Who’s lobbying for whom
A list of new, renewed and amended registrations with the Office of the Integrity Commissioner. ...
Your morning briefing
Your morning roundup of news and agenda items for Friday, June 26. ...
Residents of crowded Ontario nursing homes twice as likely to die of COVID-19, study finds
Research indicates for-profit homes have had higher rates of COVID-19 deaths because many failed to upgrade their facilities. ...
Limited options and tough decisions characterize possible cabinet shuffle, PC insiders say
But a cabinet shuffle may wait until August or later, sources said. ...
‘Riddled full of errors’: Your daily roundup
Doug Ford pushed back on Toronto Sun reporting that the government twice refused to increase nursing home funding during the pandemic. ...
Minister faces key decision on conserving endangered species, environmentalists say
A small bird on Sauble Beach could the piping plover in the coal mine. ...
Your morning briefing
Your morning roundup of news and agenda items for Thursday, June 25. ...
Parts of Windsor-Essex County to enter stage two tomorrow: Your daily COVID-19 roundup
The government also extended the state of emergency in Ontario until July 15. ...
Your Question Period Briefing: ‘You’re such a piece of 💩’
What was asked in question period for Wednesday, June 24. ...
Davidson: It’s Time to Legalize Drinking in Parks Once and For All
The pandemic could prompt change in the province's outdated alcohol consumption laws, writes columnist Mitch Davidson. ...
Toronto planning to establish COVID hotels for people who don’t have room to self-isolate, province declines to offer support
Ontario isn't offering to give Toronto any additional funding for COVID hotels. ...
Bill that would speed up evictions faces heat from tenant advocates, lawyers
Critics say the bill is especially ill-timed due to the pandemic. ...
Your morning briefing
Your morning roundup of news and agenda items for Wednesday, June 24. ...
‘The life situation’: Your Ontario COVID-19 roundup
While a young girl who died tested positive for COVID-19, her death was not a result of it, officials say. ...
‘Memorizing times tables is back for our kids,’ says education minister as government unveils new ‘back to basics’ math curriculum
Education unions criticized the government's decision to roll out a new curriculum during a pandemic. ...
As overdose deaths spike, Ontario’s top doctor says the opioid crisis is ‘complicated.’ Advocates disagree.
“It’s not complicated. People are dying, and they don’t need to," Toronto Board of Health Chair Joe Cressy said. ...
Windsor hardest-hit by job losses during pandemic, FAO reports
The region saw a nearly 20 per cent decline in employment between February and May of this year, the watchdog found. ...
Your question period briefing: The accountability session
What was asked and answered in question period on Tuesday, June 23. ...
Your morning briefing
Your morning roundup of news and agenda items for Tuesday, June 23. ...
All sides call for system change as committee goes clause-by-clause through home-care bill
Stakeholders disagreed on almost everything — except for the conviction that the current system needs to change. ...
Stakeholders cite ‘questions and concerns’ after government’s announcement on resumption of classes in the fall
A union leader and former deputy minister say the government's announcement should have been made months ago. ...
‘Folks, I get it’: Your COVID-19 roundup
The premier called on Ontarians to continue social distancing, lest the province backslide in its COVID-19 numbers. ...
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