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It’s time for Ontario’s ship to come in, Premier Doug Ford says, calling on the federal government to give the province a bigger share of defence equipment spending. 

The province will not commit to an opening date for the new subway line currently under construction in Toronto and warns a major expressway could be shut down to build bridges, Metrolinx CEO Michael Lindsay said Wednesday. 

Canada is expanding its Express Entry immigration stream so it can bring in a range of skilled workers the Liberal government says are critical to growing the economy and defending the country. 

Is Ontario’s winter cooling housing sales? The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) is blaming Old Man Winter as a factor in cool housing sales during the month of January. 

Construction for part of the Ontario Line could force Metrolinx to close the Don Valley Parkway in Toronto as it pushes forward with work on a major overpass for the new subway line. 

For members of the Toronto Guild of Spinners and Weavers, Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s unprompted jab at “basket-weaving courses” while he urged students to pursue “jobs of the future,” landed close to home. 

It’s an election year in Toronto, with voters set to head to the polls on October 26 to elect the city’s next mayor and slate of councillors. But most Toronto councillors won’t say whether they are running for reelection. 

Orillia, ontario, is ready to roll into the Winter Games. 

 if we really need a new inquiry for a new LRT project in every city, every time?

And TVO’s John Michael McGrath makes the case that it is time for

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