Margaret Atwood worries more about the fate of the living than...
TORONTO — Margaret Atwood doesn't believe there is a "wrong" side of history, so she doesn't pay much mind to how it will remember...
Ontario plan for GTA transportation includes ‘conceptual’ transit lines, new highways
Ontario has laid out a 30-year vision to grow transportation networks around Toronto, including road expansions, potential new transit networks and proposed new highways,...
Lecce defends end date for Ontario school mask mandate amid calls...
TORONTO — Ontario's education minister is defending the province's plan to end mask rules along with other COVID-19 measures in schools on March 21...
Ontario to lift mask mandates in most indoor settings on March...
TORONTO — Multiple media reports suggest the Ontario government is set to announce the lifting of mask mandates in most indoor settings today.
The Toronto...
Ontario offering nurses up to $5,000 as job retention incentive
Ontario is offering all nurses incentive pay of up to $5,000 per person to encourage job retention.
Health Minister Christine Elliott said Monday the payments...
Women still aren’t being promoted, even as entry-level hiring approaches parity
TORONTO — Ten years into her banking career, Karlyn Percil-Mercieca realized she had taken on extra responsibilities over the years and decided to push...
‘I wanted to make a difference:’ Christine Elliott to wrap political...
By Alison Jones, Canadian Press
Christine Elliott may have never quite landed the top job in her party, but the Ontario health minister will be...
Small dairy farms disappearing in Georgina
By Mike Anderson & Sarah Grishpul
While dairy farms were once a common sight in Georgina, their numbers have declined over the years.
When the Dairy...
Ontario wants to welcome Ukrainian refugees with jobs and settlement: Ford
Premier Doug Ford wants to fast-track potential Ukrainian refugees to Ontario, where he says jobs and settlement services will be waiting for them.
Ford said...
Fewer LTC deaths during Omicron wave despite high infections
TORONTO — Ontario long-term care homes, where the majority of residents have third or fourth COVID-19 vaccine doses, have been spared mass deaths during...
Ontario New Democrats to introduce anti-Islamophobia bill
TORONTO — Ontario's New Democrats intend to table legislation today aimed at fighting Islamophobia and other hate crimes.
The official Opposition party says its bill...
OPP investigating reports police officers donated to “Freedom Convoy” protests
TORONTO — Ontario Provincial Police are investigating reports that some of its officers donated to the so-called "Freedom Convoy" protests against COVID-19 measures.
OPP spokesman...
Ontario scrapping licence plate renewal fees; Ford less certain on gas...
RICHMOND HILL, Ont. — Premier Doug Ford says Ontario is eliminating licence plate renewal fees and the requirement for drivers to have a licence...
‘Freedom convoy’ arrests in Ottawa: Why rejoicing when occupiers get punished...
By Linda Mussell, University of Ottawa
The crackdown against the so-called “Freedom Convoy” protesters who have occupied Canada’s national capital for more than three weeks...
Ontario to end tolls on two Toronto-area highways this spring
Ontario will remove tolls on two Greater Toronto Area highways this spring in a move Premier Doug Ford says will help Ontarians financially after...