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Caroline Mulroney says she’s stepping away from elected politics for the next few years, after she announced her intention to resign from Premier Doug Ford’s cabinet and from her seat in the Ontario Legislature next month. 

Premier Doug Ford says he will use the notwithstanding clause to override court rulings on homeless encampments, but only if an appeal of a court decision in the Waterloo Region fails. 

Former federal cabinet minister Navdeep Bains has officially entered the race to lead the Ontario Liberals, becoming the first high-profile candidate to formally register. 

QP Briefing and iPolitics first-reported on it in April

The province has committed to opening the new $1-billion Ontario Science Centre by 2029. 

Ontario Premier Doug Ford's government is going to court to try to prevent the release of documents about its ill-fated blue licence plates, a move that comes amid a broader clampdown on public access to government records. 

Ontario Provincial Police are set to launch a website next year that will name high-risk offenders. 

From dog ears to DNA storage, Premier Doug Ford’s new omnibus bill is taking aim at a slew of “safety measures” that include a crackdown on organized shoplifting rings. 

Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow will be seeking a second term in this year's municipal election, she announced Monday. 

An Ontario doctor has been placed under supervision by the provincial physicians regulator after an investigation into his MAID practice found that he crossed professional boundaries and failed to adhere to protocols – including in one case where inadequate medication caused a patient to resume breathing after the doctor pronounced him dead and left. 

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says no one is more "ticked off" about $200,000 in costs to taxpayers for a private jet purchase, but he is not committing to personally repaying it, as the NDP has urged. 

The National Post’s Scott Stinson wonders if

 Caroline Mulroney is leaving politics for good, or just leaving the Ford government.

 about how the first year with Donna Skelly as Speaker has been so far.

A roundup of what is making news this Tuesday, May 26.

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