In an address to a major mining conference, Rickford touted changes to a northern internship program designed to make it more accessible. ...
Category: Rural and North
PCs hear their Ontario Municipal Partnership Fund review is causing municipalities ‘overwhelming anxiety and concern’
Kim Love, mayor of the Township of Madawaska Valley, said the OMPF is a 'very important' source of funding for her municipality. ...
Premier Ford promises municipalities a review of ‘joint and several liability’ rules
Municipal representatives are applauding the chance to consult with the provincial government on the issue. ...
Premier addresses Gerald Stanley acquittal, says Indigenous people have suffered from Canada’s history
Kathleen Wynne draws on her time on a reserve 40 years ago to illustrate misunderstanding. ...
Wynne makes election-year pitch to rural municipalities
The premier promised she would fight for fairness, and that the politicians gathered could count on her to listen when they disagreed. ...
Wynne year-ender: Premier defends ‘extensive’ consultations with First Nations on new northern ridings
Kathleen Wynne stresses the importance of amplifying Indigenous voices at Queen's Park. ...
First Nations communities weren’t consulted on riding named after them: Chiefs
Liberal MPP says more consultations are coming following outcry, but name-change won't happen for months at least. ...
Heard: MPPs debate northern ridings bill, spar over “no man’s land” heckling
PC MPP Randy Hillier says the bill introduced a loophole in the province's cash-for-access fundraising ban. ...
The view from the 2017 International Plowing Match
Political leaders trudged through mud at the southern Ontario community of Walton. ...
Wynne to look into compensating farmers over labour law reforms
"We recognize that the agricultural community has some challenges that other sectors don't" in dealing with planned changes to minimum wages and other compensation reforms, the premier says. ...