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Your morning briefing

Your morning roundup of news and agenda items for Tuesday, March 14. ...

Happening: Toronto to debate prescription heroin request to province

Toronto's plan comes as the province has committed to working with municipalities on the opioid crisis. ...

Nearly all Progressive Conservative MPPs re-nominated for 2018, only one yet to declare

Julia Munro is the only PC MPP yet to make public commitment about running in 2018, but will let the public know when she's made that personal decision, her office says. ...

Who’s lobbying for whom

A list of new, renewed and amended registrations with the Office of the Integrity Commissioner. ...

Heard: Finance Minister cites role of domestic speculators in housing market boom

The Minister of Finance is looking at all of his options for tempering the housing market, he said. ...

Ontario, Quebec, Alberta reach health agreements with Ottawa

The deal comes just in time for the federal and provincial budgets. ...

Happening: Publication-ban request in highest-billing doctors case goes to court

Certain doctors and the Ontario Medical Association want to prevent the names of the province's 100 highest-billing doctors from being released to the public. ...