Your morning roundup of news and agenda items for Monday, August 8. ...
Author Archives: Geoff Zochodne
‘Number one’ Ring of Fire player increases holdings, says road announcement in the works
Toronto-based Noront Resources Ltd. said Monday it has struck a deal that will put 75 per cent of staked mining claims in the Ring of Fire under the company's control. ...
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Your morning roundup of news and agenda items for Friday, August 5. ...
Seen: Ontario lost 36,000 jobs in July, StatsCan says
Ontario lost approximately 36,000 jobs in July compared to the previous month, according to Statistics Canada. Of those jobs, an estimated 18,900 were full-time positions. Statistics Canada, in Friday's monthly labour ...
Heard: Sousa says Ontario could have spent far more on abandoned pension plan
Finance Minister Charles Sousa claims the Liberal government could have spent much more than $70 million on its aborted Ontario Retirement Pension Plan – but if that had happened, there was no going back. Sousa told r ...
People on the Move
It appears Premier Kathleen Wynne has made a few tweaks to the cabinet committee tasked with keeping an eye on the government's pocketbook. A July 18 order in council, signed by Wynne and Cabinet Chair Deb Matthews, s ...
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. ...
Heard: Ontario and Michigan, traditional auto rivals, announce new partnership
Premier Kathleen Wynne travelled south of the border Wednesday to formalize a new auto partnership between Ontario and Michigan, which have traditionally been competitors for car company investment. According to a rel ...
Bigger provincial role urged for nuclear emergency planning
Allegations by whistleblowers "reinforce our long-standing concern that there is insufficient oversight," environmental activists contend. ...
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