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Ontario Premier Doug Ford says that while his government could appropriate one third of a waterfront park under legislation to enable expansion of Toronto’s island airport, it will remain as a park. 

Staff and MPPs in the Ford government are being asked to beef up the attendance numbers at Premier Doug Ford’s annual community barbecue — nicknamed Ford Fest — as the Progressive Conservative Party looks to “build momentum” ahead of the Scarborough Southwest byelection. 

Premier Doug Ford is stonewalling on releasing documents related to the controversial purchase of a $28.9-million executive jet. 

NDP Leader Marit Stiles predicts a future behind bars for Premier Doug Ford — if she wins the next election. 

Premier Doug Ford, on his turn, is accusing NDP Leader Marit Stiles of using “Trump-style rhetoric” after she predicted he would be locked up in prison. 

A Toronto woman with bipolar disorder is asking an Ontario court to grant her emergency access to medical assistance in dying, arguing that she should not have to wait any longer for the federal government to legalize assisted death for people whose only medical condition is mental illness. 

New guidelines published online by Cancer Care Ontario say the province is lowering its colorectal cancer screening age from 50 to 45 in response to a “notable” increase in younger people diagnosed with the disease. 

The first stretch of Canada's proposed high-speed rail network, from Montreal to Ottawa, is expected to cross approximately 1,700 properties, including at least 500 agricultural lands, the Crown corporation behind the project has told Radio-Canada. 

Mayor Josh Morgan believes a recent meeting of elected leaders from neighbouring municipalities regarding the impact of U.S. tariffs on southwestern Ontario has reached the ears of the federal government. 

Waterloo MPP Catherine Fife is reintroducing a bill known as “Lydia’s Law,” pushing for more accountability and transparency when it comes to sexual assault cases in Ontario’s justice system. 

 why is it that Carney’s Liberals are taking so long to take a side on Billy Bishop’s proposal.

 Ottawa and Queen’s Park’s new investment funds: What do they do? And what should you watch for?

A roundup of what is making news this Wednesday, May 6.

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