Ontario News
Case of 11 disqualified Ontario pot shop licence applicants in court today
TORONTO — An Ontario court is expected to hear the case today of 11 people who won the chance to apply for a cannabis...
Ford acknowledges problems with anti-carbon-tax stickers, vows to get it fixed
Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the government’s provincewide campaign to criticize the federal carbon tax just isn’t sticking.
That’s because the stickers decrying the tax,...
Some Canadian schools, colleges move to accommodate climate strikes
TORONTO — Students in Canada are expected to participate in climate demonstrations beginning this Friday, and some school boards are moving to allow — even encourage — them to...
Ontario lowers its deficit to $7.4 billion, half of what PCs originally said
TORONTO — Ontario’s budget deficit now stands at $7.4 billion, nearly half of the $15 billion Premier Doug Ford claimed he inherited last year from the...
Cynthia Wesley-Esquimaux is the Liberal Candidate For York-Simcoe
By: Deb Robert
The federal Liberals have chosen their
candidate for York-Simcoe. Cynthia Wesley-Esquimaux will represent Team Trudeau
in the October general election.
“I’ve been a Liberal...
Ontario might let paramedics take patients to facilities other than ERs
TORONTO — Proposed changes to ambulance rules in Ontario could see paramedics take patients to facilities other than a hospital emergency department, or treat them and release...
Ontario woman among Hurricane Dorian victims in the Bahamas
The family of a woman from Windsor, Ont., says she has died in the Bahamas as a result of Hurricane Dorian.
A GoFundMe page has been...
Passengers on GO buses, trains to get free Wi-Fi starting next year
MILTON, Ont. — Travellers on GO trains and buses will be able to access free Wi-Fi on board starting next year.
Associate Transportation Minister Kinga Surma...
Lawsuit says illegal to force gas stations to paste carbon-price stickers
TORONTO — An Ontario law forcing gas stations to display stickers showing the cost of federal carbon pricing is illegal and should be thrown out,...
Educational workers hold strike vote as Ontario students head back to school
TORONTO — Ontario students returned to class Tuesday amid uncertainty surrounding labour talks between the government and unions representing public school teachers and educational workers.
Education...
