By Kenyon Wallace The City of Guelph is taking the unusual step of closing a large portion of the downtown core to vehicular traffic on weekend nights in an effort to make the area safer for patrons coming out of bars a ...
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. . . at Queen's Park, across Ontario And elsewhere. * After months of review, the standing committee on the Legislative Assembly has recommended a few minor changes to Standing Orders: That new accessibility measures ...
Who's lobbying for whom
The following lobbyist consultants have registered with the Office of the Integrity Commissioner during the past week. In each case, the name of their client is provided. MONDAY, AUG. 27 Tom Sweeting of Earnscliffe Ont ...
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. . . at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere. * Tracey Weiler, the Tory candidate in the Kitchener-Waterloo byelection, provided the first gaffe of the campaign in Monday’s night inaugural debate. “I’m not here ...
Tony Dean: A day of drama
By Tony Dean It has been an exciting day at Queen`s Park. While railing at the McGuinty Liberals, Progressive Conservative leader Tim Hudak said he would bail the government out by supporting its proposed legislation t ...
Hamilton authority to remap floodplain
By Kenyon Wallace The Hamilton Conservation Authority is embarking on an ambitious five-year plan to remap the region’s floodplains – a process that will ensure developers, city planners and residents have the most up-t ...
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. . . At Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere * Tory MPP Rob Leone took advantage of the session starting early on Monday to raise a point of privilege, outlining his grounds for finding Energy Minister Chris Bent ...
Tony Dean: Anything is possible now
By Tony Dean This is shaping up to be a make-or-break-year for the McGuinty government. Governing with a minority in the absence of some form of political coalition arrangement was always going to be tricky for the Lib ...
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. . . at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere * The legislature returns Monday and the government is expected to bring forward three initiatives it announced in late spring and summer: Begin an 18-month consulta ...
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