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Construction on the roads to the Ring of Fire in northern Ontario should start this year and be completed by 2031, the province announced Monday about a project that has divided several First Nations. 

Ontario and Nova Scotia have signed a new direct-to-consumer alcohol agreement that will allow producers in both provinces to sell wine, beer and spirits directly to residents across provincial lines, a move both premiers say is aimed at dismantling long-standing internal trade barriers. 

A move by the Niagara regional chair to review municipal governance with an eye to possible amalgamations appears to have hit a snag after an at-times testy council meeting. 

Premier Doug Ford’s chief of staff is calling it quits. 

Promising “shock and awe” architecture, Premier Doug Ford says a new Toronto convention centre will be almost five times bigger than the existing complex downtown. 

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says Bill 5, a piece of legislation written to bypass municipal and provincial laws that sparked days of protests isn’t needed after all to bring more mining to northern Ontario. 

Ontario undertook more than 900 fraud investigations into its student assistance program last year – although provincial officials declined to say what came of the probes. 

The association representing Ontario’s Family Health Teams is warning that a chronic wage gap is driving a staffing exodus, jeopardizing the province’s goal of connecting millions of patients to primary care. 

Contracts for Ontario’s teachers and education workers expire at the end of this summer and their union leaders are calling on the education minister to start the bargaining process early, saying issues such as class sizes need to be urgently addressed. 

The takeover of seven Ontario school boards by the Ontario Progressive Conservative government could mark the beginning of the end of the province’s elected school boards. And managed properly, it could also be the beginning of a fix for financial accountability problems and poor learning outcomes that are harming Ontario students. 

The Globe and Mail Editorial Board makes the case.

A roundup of news and agenda items for Tuesday, March 3.

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