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Ontario is failing to effectively protect some of the critical habitat for boreal caribou, Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault has warned in a letter to the province obtained by The Canadian Press. Ontario Environment Minister David Piccini is announcing Wednesday that the province will spend $29 million over four years to …

Ontario is reviewing pricing practices of nursing agencies involved in long-term care homes, the minister responsible for the file said Wednesday. Long-Term Care Minister Paul Calandra said at the legislature that his deputy minister has formed a technical advisory committee to examine the issue in response to queries about price …

Descrease article font size Increase article font size The closing of Rogers Communications’ proposed merger with rival Shaw Communications will again be pushed back, the companies announced as the old deadline arrived on Friday. The blockbuster $26-billion merger plan will now have until March 31 to close. The announcement comes …

The Greenbelt is provincial jurisdiction, Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Friday after the federal environment minister indicated he’d consider intervening in Ford’s plans to develop parts of the protected lands. The province announced in November that it is removing about 7,400 acres from 15 different areas in the protected Greenbelt …

Across Ontario, as Sylvia Jones was being sworn in as minister of health, the province was pockmarked with emergency room closures and scaled-back operations as a staffing crisis took hold of the health-care system. The Perth and Smith District Falls Hospital was forced to close its ER for almost a …

Ontario’s premier and health minister are set to make an announcement this morning. News Source link

Canada’s transport minister and executives of the country’s major airlines, including Sunwing, will face questioning from lawmakers on Thursday over the chaos faced by travellers over the winter holidays. The House of Commons Transport, Infrastructure and Communities committee is probing the lengthy travel delays and the treatment of thousands of …

The live testimony portion of the Public Order Emergency Commission came to a close on Friday when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took the stand. His keenly anticipated appearance before the commission inquiry offered many telling moments and pointed criticisms. The commission was launched to examine the government’s invocation of the Emergencies Act to handle …

Near the end of September, a series of videos were posted to social media that purported to show some familiar figures in Calgary’s political and legal worlds taking turns performing racist Indigenous caricatures. One video appeared to take place at a barbecue, and another around a table with open bottles …

Justice Minister David Lametti is expected to field questions about the legal advice the federal government got before invoking the Emergencies Act to deal with anti-public health measure protests last winter when he testifies before the public inquiry later today. The attorney general is one of three federal ministers before …