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Descrease article font size Increase article font size Some 65,000 unionized hospital workers in Ontario have been awarded a pay increase of six per cent over two years in an arbitration decision. Workers represented by the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions — CUPE (OCHU-CUPE) and SEIU Healthcare — will have …

The Ontario government says it’s taking swift action against a chemical plant following a spike in benzene readings and after members of Aamjiwnaang First Nation fell ill and were hospitalized. While the Chief of the community says the government needs to shut down the Sarnia-area plant immediately and hinted at …

Ontario drivers woke up to an average fuel price of 170.2 cents per litre on Thursday and Premier Doug Ford was among those frustrated by the gas price increase. During a question and answer period at a stop in Oakville, Ont., Ford went off on gas prices, mentioning concerns about …

A former youth leader at the Church of St. Bride’s in Mississauga, Ont., who was previously convicted of sexual assaults on young boys, is now being sued, along with the Anglican Church of Canada. Garth Bent, who also worked as a camp counsellor at Ontario Pioneer Camp in Port Sydney, …

Maryam De Groef says she and her husband moved countries often and would always apply to be organ donors wherever they lived, but they never could have imagined having to consider that for their children. Their nine-year-old daughter, Zeynah, died suddenly last spring after going into cardiac arrest following an …

Staffers of the Aamjiwnaang First Nation leaving their band office with complaints of headaches, nausea and dizziness. A family of three rushed to the hospital. An expectant mother fearing for the well-being of her baby. These are snapshots of the chaos that has unfolded on this First Nation in southwestern …

As claustrophobic congestion on Toronto’s Gardiner Expressway worsens with years-long lane closures to accommodate road repairs, Ontario’s minister of transportation is suggesting around-the-clock construction could dramatically shorten the time frame. Parts of the Gardiner, between Dufferin Street and Strachan Avenue, have been reduced by one lane in each direction for …

Dangerously high levels of the cancer-causing chemical benzene have left residents of a First Nation near Sarnia, Ont., sickened and hospitalized. Aamjiwnaang First Nation, with an on-reserve population of 900, located along the Michigan border, issued an urgent statement Tuesday that called on the federal and provincial governments to shut …

As Ontario sports fans eagerly anticipate the kickoff to the NBA and NHL playoffs, a newly-released report is offering insights into the province’s online gaming market, which racked up nearly $18 billion in wagers during the 2023-2024 period. The report, released Wednesday by iGaming Ontario, an online gaming platform that …

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Ontario Premier Doug Ford is calling for a reversal of a ban on keffiyehs in the legislature. Ford says the decision was made by Speaker Ted Arnott alone and “needlessly divides” the people of Ontario. Arnott says in a statement that wearing …