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A group called Save Ontario’s Science Centre hosted a nature walk Saturday afternoon in support of keeping the Ontario Science Centre (OSC) where it is. The walk was led by arborist Todd Irvine of City Forest along with ravine advocate Floyd Ruskin of Lost Rivers Toronto. Ontario’s Minister of Tourism, …
Read More »Toronto and Ontario agree new deal, including DVP, Gardiner and Ontario Place
Ontario will upload control of the Gardiner Expressway and the Don Valley Parkway from Toronto as part of a new deal to bail out the cash-strapped municipality, the Ford government has announced. In exchange, the city will allow the province to take over the responsibility for Ontario Place, clearing the …
Read More »Ontario Liberals voting this weekend to select new leader
Members of the Ontario Liberal Party are voting this weekend to select their new leader to go head-to-head with Premier Doug Ford in the 2026 election. The party has been without a permanent leader since last year, when Steven Del Duca resigned after the 2022 provincial election produced a second …
Read More »Senior Ford government cabinet ministers barely using work phones, docs show
As government lawyers attempt to shield Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s personal cellphone records from being publicly released, new documents show several prominent ministers in his cabinet had large stretches of inactivity on their official devices when critical government decisions were being made. Freedom of information requests submitted by Global News …
Read More »Doug Ford says he didn’t direct inclusion of land in urban boundary expansions
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted October 31, 2023 10:01 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he did not instruct staff to include specific developer-owned lands in expansions of urban boundaries that would have allowed building in those areas. The government announced …
Read More »Doug Ford, François Legault call for quick end to St. Lawrence Seaway strike
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted October 26, 2023 2:07 pm Descrease article font size Increase article font size The premiers of Ontario and Quebec are calling on both sides in the St. Lawrence Seaway strike to reach a deal right away, saying the shutdown of the vital trade artery …
Read More »Government lawyers acknowledge Doug Ford uses personal phone for government business
Ontario government officials are now acknowledging that Premier Doug Ford uses his personal cell phone for government business, but are refusing to divulge his phone logs, citing the need to maintain privacy of callers and the government’s inability to assess the nature of the phone calls. Global News has been …
Read More »Guilbeault suspending urban park study after Ford’s Greenbelt reversal
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted September 25, 2023 6:09 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size OTTAWA — Federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault is expected today to stop a study of the Rouge National Urban Park that was launched after Ontario Premier Doug Ford opened nearby protected …
Read More »Ontario legislature resumes after Greenbelt about-face, minister resignations
Ontario’s legislature resumes sitting Monday on the heels of two cabinet ministers’ resignations, a cabinet shuffle, and a major policy reversal – and that was just in the past week. Politicians will return to the business of the legislature after its 15-week summer break that saw the release of two …
Read More »Cabinet member in Doug Ford’s government resigns after Greenbelt probe
Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s controversial Greenbelt land swaps felled another cabinet minister Wednesday, with Kaleed Rasheed resigning after news reports raised questions about his connections to a developer. Ford’s office said Wednesday afternoon that the premier and Rasheed agreed that he would resign as minister of public and business service …
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