Chief electoral officer proposes ad spending limits as well as a centralized address list, holding votes on days when schools are closed and that the 29-day campaign period be extended. ...
Category: Law and Safety
Road safety bill gets easy ride in public hearing
The wide-ranging bill increases punishment for distracted driving and dooring cyclists and extends alcohol-impairment sanctions to drug-impaired drivers. ...
OPP union president, two others on leave after Mounties searched head office
RCMP says it has launched a criminal investigation, having executed a search warrant last week, but no charges have yet been laid. ...
Happening: MacCharles at UN conference on women
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Province commits $41 million to fight sexual violence, harassment
“At its core, this is a plan to change behaviours and challenge social norms,” Premier Kathleen Wynne says in unveiling funding for It’s Never Okay: An Action Plan to Stop Sexual Violence. ...
Happening: Province to expand territory of two provincial parks
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Sexual violence and harassment action plan to be unveiled Friday
Minister Responsible for Women's Issues, Tracy MacCharles, says strategy to improve support for victims will be announced tomorrow ahead of promised deadline, International Women's Day ...
Liberal mismanagement blamed for CAS database delay
'Government just can’t get an IT project right,' Tory Jim McDonell says; but Youth Services Minister Tracy MacCharles denies delay implementing a coroner recommendation is another example of SAMS snafu. ...
Heard: Government releases two reports on response to the 2013 ice storm
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Happening: Merus Labs settles patent fight with Apotex
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