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The Ontario Liberals have rejected an appeal by MP Nate Erskine-Smith of a nomination contest loss earlier this month that’s put his bid for leadership of the provincial party into question. 

Premier Doug Ford says an Ontario judge's recent decision barring the Region of Waterloo from removing people from a homeless encampment is "cockamamie." 

Ontario’s transparency watchdog is confirming a pause on all freedom of information requests, which lasted more than a week, has officially been lifted, as Premier Doug Ford says only “the media party” cares about transparency rules. 

Kingston city councillors are calling on the federal and provincial governments to undertake a feasibility assessment for the creation of a protected marine area in Lake Ontario. 

Missing information about a patient’s mental health. A note to prescribe a medication, different from the one discussed. An order for unnecessary blood work. These were some of the mistakes and “hallucinations” made by AI note-taking systems approved for Ontario family doctors and recently flagged in a special auditor general’s report on artificial intelligence 

Ontario HST rebate gives developers an ‘edge’ over investors seeking to offload new homes. 

Toronto is in Catch-22 when it comes to the city’s trash. The Green Lane landfill near London, where the city’s garbage is trucked, will run out of space by 2034, and no other municipality is willing to take Toronto’s trash. What to do? 

 the federal government is lacking an electricity policy.

Ontario NDP leader Marit Stiles wants the tax exemption on food staples to be extended to all food and drink. 

 that Doug Ford will have a “hard time resisting” that.

A roundup of what is making news this Monday, May 25.

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