Andrea Horwath’s NDP unveiled its platform for the 2022 election campaign on Monday, with health-care and pocketbook-related commitments forming the core of a sweeping set of promises.Ontario residents spend at least $2.5 billion a year out-of-pocket on prescription medications, according to health ministry figures. (Evan Mitsui/CBC)Andrea Horwath’s NDP unveiled its platform for the 2022 election…
IESO, TTC, City of Toronto, and PowerON have collectively invested $14.6 million in two projects The Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO), the…
There’s a growing movement among southwestern Ontario communities to regulate online short-term rental services, such as Airbnb, that critics say put pressure on tight housing markets and dilute the social fabric of communities.Port Stanley, Ont., sees an influx of tourists each summer to its beaches. The lakeside town is considering a licensing scheme for short-term…
Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s government has reached a deal with Ottawa for a $10-a-day child-care program, senior officials close to the negotiations tell CBC News.Ontario is the last province to reach an agreement with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government on a program to bring the average cost of child care down to $10 a day…
Ontario has released its latest Sunshine List of public sector employees who made more than $100,000.Ontario has released its Sunshine List of top earners for 2021. (Ed Middleton/CBC)Ontario has released its 2021 Sunshine List of public sector employees who made more than $100,000 over the past year, with power company and hospital executives among the…
The Doug Ford government is poised to crack down on developers who unjustifiably cancel or jack up the price of pre-construction sales agreements, CBC News had learned. Pace Developments cancelled preconstruction agreements with 70 buyers at its Urban North condo development in Barrie last fall and upped the price by $100,000 per unit. (Tina Mackenzie/CBC)The Doug…
Mike and Erin Doan contacted an animal rescue group to adopt a dog after their son Henry, who’s non-verbal and recently began speaking with the help of software, asked for one. But the family was told they wouldn’t be a good fit because the nine-year-old has autism.Erin and Mike Doan of Listowel, Ont., say they…
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is headed to Washington on Monday for high-level meetings with officials in the Biden administration and business leaders, according to a senior source with the province. Ontario Premier Doug Ford is travelling to Washington, D.C., on Monday for a series of meetings on jobs and the economy. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press)This item…
A man is facing several charges after police say worshippers at a mosque in Mississauga, Ont., west of Toronto, were attacked with bear spray in what authorities believe was a “hate-motivated incident.”Man arrested at Ontario mosque after attacking worshippersPolice were called to the Dar Al-Tawheed Islamic Centre in Mississauga, Ont., west of Toronto, on Saturday morning after…
Lawyers and advocates for First Nations in northwestern Ontario say they’re concerned the Ford government wants to press ahead with mining development in the Ring of Fire without properly involving First Nations or addressing their environmental concerns. Ontario Premier Doug Ford unveiled the province’s critical minerals strategy on Thursday at the Lac Des Iles mine in…