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Ontario Premier Doug Ford is in Texas this week, meeting with businesses and American lawmakers to shore up support for local industries and advocate against U.S. tariffs, ahead of crucial trade talks between Canada and the U.S. 

Provincial rules around alcohol and the federal government's "Buy Canadian" policy have been flagged in a new report citing several trade irritants between Canada and the U.S. 

A new infusion of cash for the Ontario Autism Program in the recent provincial budget will bring annual spending to nearly $1 billion, money advocates hope will go directly toward core therapy for children. 

On the day Ontario’s minimum wage increased by roughly two per cent, members of provincial parliament are also receiving a pay increase that is in line with their federal counterparts. 

Proposed amendments to Ontario’s freedom of information law would make the province the most secretive in Canada, experts say, despite Premier Doug Ford’s assurances that they would be in line with legislation in the rest of the country. 

Ontario's minimum wage is set to rise to $17.95 an hour on Oct. 1. 

The tourism minister says he stands firmly behind the government’s deal with a company to operate a private spa and waterpark at Ontario Place, stressing they “passed all the financial tests.”. 

The number of senior leaders at provincial transit agency Metrolinx has increased again as a review of its reliance on external consultants brings some axed contractors on board as full-time, high-paid staff. 

Ontario’s health minister shut down one avenue of publicly funding all nurse practitioners Wednesday, as the province missed a federal deadline for ensuring their medically necessary services are covered. 

 that Premier Ford is “flying behind” is his vision for Billy Bishop. .

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