A bill aiming to end winter disconnections by electricity utilities could also block natural gas distributors from doing the same to customers behind on their heating bills. Energy Minister Glenn Thibeault tabled Bill ...
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Happening: Liberals’ omnibus bill to stay on the fast track
The Liberals still intend to hurry the sweeping Bill 27 through the house. ...
Seen: Education minister tables bill to amend school boards collective bargaining act
The minister of education is proposing amendments to the School Boards Collective Bargaining Act. ...
Heard: Minister apologizes for ‘fake news’ comment
Ontario politics saw allegations of 'fake news' and 'alternative facts' on the first morning of the new sitting. ...
Happening: Government appoints negotiating team for talks with doctors
The government and the Ontario Medical Association are readying to get back to the table. ...
Seen: OPG strikes deal to sell Toronto head office – but sale price still under wraps
OPG has found a buyer for its downtown Toronto office, but the money from the sale will flow to the Ontario government. ...
Happening: CUPE education workers contract extension ratified
The province has been negotiating with education unions, and reached tentative agreements with all but the Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation. ...
Happening: Ontario puts up $2.1 million for NanoKnife cancer treatment trial
Health Minister Eric Hoskins said "dozens" of pancreatic cancer patients will receive the treatment as part of the clinical trial. ...
Happening: Ontario expands Grassy Narrows mercury contamination clean-up effort
The government is conducting an assessment on the Domtar industrial site in Dryden, Ont., after new information came to light. ...
Seen: Ontario calls on Ottawa to backstop forestry sector ahead of ‘likely’ U.S. penalties
The 2006 softwood lumber agreement with the U.S. expired in October 2015, and the United States Department of Commerce announced in December 2016 that it would launch “countervailing and anti-dumping” investigations into ...