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Category: News
South Korean free-trade deal doesn’t protect auto sector enough: province
Ontario is concerned with a tariff phase-out period, which would be fewer than five years, for vehicles produced in the province. ...
Amalgamation left Toronto too small to lead region: IMFG
The City of Toronto, as it currently stands, is too big to be accountable to its voters, but too small to speak effectively for the GTA, according to a U of T researcher. ...
Seen: Grits expand pre-apprentice training program ahead of Pan Am build
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OPA signs 20-year power deal with TransAlta
The province's electricity grid will receive some of its supply from TransAlta's natural gas-fired cogeneration plant in Ottawa. ...
Angela Verrier elected president of College of Nurses
Verrier will become the first registered practical nurse in the CNO's 51-year history to lead the regulatory body for Ontario's 150,000 nurses. ...
Ontario provides $100,000 in aid to Ukraine
The premier expresses her government’s concern for the violence in Ukraine, and that it would donate money for humanitarian aid to the Canadian Red Cross Society. ...
Northern Development Ministry to upgrade Red Lake-area bridge
The Ministry of Northern Development and Mines will spend $1.05 million to upgrade the Nungesser River Bridge, near Balmertown. ...
Dean: Accountability proposals right, but how many ombudsmen does a city need?
Columnist Tony Dean says the government's accountability proposals are a good move but questions whether the City of Toronto might now have too many ombudsmen. ...
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