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Ontario’s Progressive Conservative government is sitting on more than $22 billion in “excess funds,” according to the province’s watchdog, with no transparency on how that money will be used over the next four years. The province’s independent Financial Accountability Office (FAO) released a long-term spending forecast, based on the government’s …

Ontario Liberal leadership candidate Nate Erskine-Smith is pledging to create a provincially-owned construction agency to build new affordable housing, part of the first major policy push of the campaign. Erkine-Smith, who was the first candidate to officially launch his leadership bid, unveiled a housing strategy that also promises to eliminate …

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Ontario’s Education Minister says the government is “prepared to invest” in front-line teachers in order to retain educators in provincial classrooms, after the government’s offer to a teacher’s union was revealed, exclusively, by Global News. Key details of confidential contract negotiations between …

Descrease article font size Increase article font size On a day when smoke from forest fires in Ontario and Quebec hung in the air of Toronto, the province is reassuring people that its crews are prepared even as one agency rates Ontario’s status as “assistance required.” A report by the …

Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Ford government has been forced to give health-care workers nearly a billion dollars in back pay after a court struck down the province’s controversial wage suppression legislation. The 2019 law, known as Bill 124, capped wage increases for nurses and other public …

Descrease article font size Increase article font size A handful of roads around the Ontario legislature in the heart of Toronto will be closed Saturday for celebrations of the coronation of King Charles III. Parts of Queen’s Park Crescent — both its eastern and western portions — will be closed …

Descrease article font size Increase article font size As preparations continue for the coronation of King Charles III in the United Kingdom, plans are in the works for celebrations in Ontario, too. King Charles III ascended to the throne following the passing of his mother Queen Elizabeth II on Sept. …

TORONTO — Ontario has not yet put a four-year-old policing law overhaul into effect, which includes allowing officers to be suspended without pay more often, but the solicitor general said Monday he’s directing it be done “as soon as possible.” Michael Kerzner was asked Monday in question period about the …

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted April 3, 2023 4:20 pm Descrease article font size Increase article font size A former NDP member of provincial parliament in Ontario who was axed from caucus this past weekend says he’s fully participating in an independent investigation. NDP Leader Marit Stiles announced Saturday …

Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Ontario NDP says it has removed Algoma-Manitoulin MPP Michael Mantha from its caucus over allegations of “misconduct” relating to an alleged inappropriate relationship with a staffer. NDP Leader Marit Stiles announced in statement that the party has launched an independent third-party …