Your morning roundup of news and agenda items for Thursday, August 4. ...
Daily Archives: August 4, 2016
Heard: Transport minister weighs in on Rail Deck Park proposal
A visualization of Rail Deck Park, provided by the City of Toronto. When Toronto Mayor John Tory made the surprise announcement Wednesday that he wants the city to deck over the rail corridor on the west side of downt ...
Chief electoral officer should investigate so-called partisan writ drop announcement: NDP
With voting day officially set for Sept. 1, the NDP's candidate for the Scarborough-Rouge River byelection is ramping up his campaign. ...
Scarborough subway looms large in byelection campaign
Campaigning on the Scarborough subway extension still very much a live issue. ...
Thibeault claims cap-and-trade costs ‘not being hidden’ on natural gas bills
Energy minister defends last week's ruling by the Ontario Energy Board that bills will not include a separate line showing specific costs of province’s coming cap-and-trade system. ...
Patrick Brown ups stakes for Liberals in Scarborough-Rouge River byelection
PC Leader says Liberals are having trouble finding anyone to run for them in Ottawa-Vanier. ...
Wynne: Liberals won’t use byelection to double up on fundraising
Premier calls on other parties to refrain from doubling up their donations during the Scarborough-Rouge River byelection. ...
Heard: Premier ‘re-announces’ hospital repair funding
Premier Kathleen Wynne announced hospital repair funding Thursday — which was welcomed by hospital administrators and slammed by the opposition as a politically motivated "re-announcement." Wynne went to Michael Garro ...