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A years-long fight over the location the city chose for a modular supportive housing building has come to an end after the Ontario Land Tribunal ruled in favour of the city’s desired location, but bitter feelings remain among those opposed to the site. Toronto’s rapid housing program has seen major …
Read More »Toronto opening warming centres as temperatures drop – Toronto
With temperatures expected to turn more winter-like overnight, the City of Toronto is opening several warming centres, starting at 5 p.m. Sunday. Representatives from the city’s shelter, support and housing administration (SSHA) say the centres open when temperatures drop below – 5 C or Environment Canada issues specific weather warnings. …
Read More »Future leaders immersing themselves in parliamentary process – Winnipeg
Spending the week drafting, tabling, and debating legislation may not be how many of us would choose to spend our winter break, but for a group of nearly 80 high-school and post-secondary students, they wouldn’t choose to be anywhere else, as the 102nd sitting of the Youth Parliament of Manitoba …
Read More »Ontario leaders share Christmas messages after turbulent year
As Christmas celebrations get underway in Ontario, political leaders are sharing their season’s greetings. The leaders of Ontario’s main political parties offered festive cheer Monday, wishing constituents and voters a Merry Christmas. In his annual Christmas message, Ontario Premier Doug Ford said the holidays were a period to reflect on …
Read More »Ontario plans ‘massive amounts of density’ along transit lines
Ontario’s housing minister is telling people who live near transit stations to get used to and embrace an influx of new buildings as the province plans for “massive amounts of density” along transit lines. Paul Calandra said the Ford government is working on plans to speed up building along transit …
Read More »Ontario expands section of Highway 401 to 10 lanes
The Ford government is celebrating a new milestone in its ambitious highway and transit expansion plan with the opening of a widened section of Highway 401 in Cambridge, Ont. On Friday, the province announced eight kilometres of new lanes had opened on the highway between Townline Road and Highway 8. …
Read More »Ontario’s newest MPP sworn in at Queen’s Park
The newest member of Ontario’s legislature was sworn in on Thursday as the Green Party celebrated its caucus doubling in size. In a brief ceremony at Queen’s Park, Aislinn Clancy was officially inducted as the new Member of Provincial Parliament for Kitchener Centre. She joins leader Mike Schreiner in the …
Read More »COVID test supplier received billions in pandemic contracts after submitting edited results
A rapid test importer landed an estimated $2 billion in federal contracts in 2021 and 2022, despite giving regulators incomplete data about its product’s accuracy, Global News has found. A year-long investigation into federal procurement revealed that BTNX, a small rapid test supplier based outside Toronto, deleted dozens of specimens, …
Read More »New Ontario Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie says PC attack ads show ‘lack of civility’
TORONTO — Bonnie Crombie, the new leader of the Ontario Liberal Party, says she hasn’t seen the attack ads the Progressive Conservatives have launched against her — but she has plenty of thoughts on them. “I wouldn’t waste my time,” she said in a year-end interview with The Canadian Press. …
Read More »Ottawa set to announce that new cars must be zero emissions by 2035 – National
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Canada expects to announce this week that all new cars will have to be zero emissions by 2035, a senior government source said, as Ottawa is set to unveil new regulations in the latest example of countries around the world pushing for …
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