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A bridge over troubled water is helping build alliances between Ontario and Michigan in the fight against U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war. Two state representatives have written to Premier Doug Ford, slamming Trump for his recent threat to block the opening of the Gordie Howe International Bridge. 

Budget season for Canada has kicked off with three provinces already posting steep deficits, a trend economists say is the result of several factors impacting every part of the country. What’s causing budgets to see red? 

As the homebuilding industry continues to complain about the cost of starting new projects, the Ontario government is forging ahead with its plans to set up public corporations to build new water and sewage infrastructure. 

And it looks like Ontario students would be able to watch the remaining Team Canada hockey games during school hours. Premier Doug Ford announced it on social media. 

The Ontario Liberal Party will hold an open nomination to choose its candidate in the upcoming Scarborough Southwest byelection, interim leader John Fraser confirmed Thursday. 

Ontario’s changes to funding for postsecondary institutions and student aid will result in small tuition increases but big additional costs for some low-income students. The impacts depend on households’ income. 

The federal government has recently launched a social media campaign to attract more graduate students to Canada, including by broadcasting that their family could apply to come with them. But the number of international master’s students given permits to study in the country in the last two years has gone down. 

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s arrest is the last straw for one Ontario mayor who is now seeking a street renaming in his municipality. 

The Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board says it's moving away from an emissions intensity target for its portfolio to instead focus on climate investment goals. 

Can the U.S. finally just shut up about Canada’s defence spending? 

The Globe and Mail’s Lawrence Martin wonders.

A roundup of news and agenda items for Friday, Feb 20.

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