NDP Leader Andrea Horwath travelled the two-hour long and winding road from Scarborough to Queen's Park on Monday to highlight transit woes ahead of a fast-approaching byelection. The journey began around 9:30 a.m., i ...
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Seen: Ontario lost 36,000 jobs in July, StatsCan says
Ontario lost approximately 36,000 jobs in July compared to the previous month, according to Statistics Canada. Of those jobs, an estimated 18,900 were full-time positions. Statistics Canada, in Friday's monthly labour ...
Heard: Sousa says Ontario could have spent far more on abandoned pension plan
Finance Minister Charles Sousa claims the Liberal government could have spent much more than $70 million on its aborted Ontario Retirement Pension Plan – but if that had happened, there was no going back. Sousa told r ...
Heard: Following Ottawa man’s death, OFL says anti-racism directorate should probe policing
As Ontario's newly established anti-racism directorate susses out its mandate through community confabs this summer, the Ontario Federation of Labour thinks it should include policing, following the fatal arrest of a S ...
Heard: Singer releases ‘Rehab’ parody about Ontario’s doctor fight
The daughter of an Ontario doctor has a message for MDs about their upcoming vote on the tentative Physician Services Agreement: "No, no, no." "Mags the Singer," performed a parody version of Amy Winehouse's "Rehab," ...
Heard: Transport minister weighs in on Rail Deck Park proposal
A visualization of Rail Deck Park, provided by the City of Toronto. When Toronto Mayor John Tory made the surprise announcement Wednesday that he wants the city to deck over the rail corridor on the west side of downt ...
Heard: Premier ‘re-announces’ hospital repair funding
Premier Kathleen Wynne announced hospital repair funding Thursday — which was welcomed by hospital administrators and slammed by the opposition as a politically motivated "re-announcement." Wynne went to Michael Garro ...
Seen: Ontario government lauds national inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women
Ontario lauded the federal government on Wednesday as Ottawa officially launched a national inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women and girls. "The [inquiry] will be another crucial step on our path to heal ...
Heard: Ontario and Michigan, traditional auto rivals, announce new partnership
Premier Kathleen Wynne travelled south of the border Wednesday to formalize a new auto partnership between Ontario and Michigan, which have traditionally been competitors for car company investment. According to a rel ...
Heard: Med students group throwing support behind OMA’s agreement
Ali Damji. Provided photo A group representing Ontario medical students is throwing its support behind the tentative agreement between physicians and the province. Ali Damji, chair of the Ontario Medical Students Ass ...