Though Premier Kathleen Wynne has speciously credited her own government with reaching this week's national deal to enhance the Canada Pension Plan, Ottawa doesn't quite agree. Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau to ...
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Happening: QEW toll-lane pilot project to begin in September
Ontario will start testing out high-occupancy toll lanes this fall. The government announced that Canada’s first-ever high-occupancy toll (HOT) lanes will open on September 15, as part of a provincially-run pilot proj ...
Heard: Trillium Party byelection candidate an activist, real estate agent and Playboy model
The Trillium Party is running a candidate in the Scarborough-Rouge River byelection who’s an activist, real estate agent and Playboy model. “I’m an activist and I’m pretty passionate about my beliefs,” Ania Krosinska ...
Heard: GM Oshawa union won’t collectively bargain sans promise of production
Decked out in t-shirts emblazoned with the phrase, "No product? No contract!" members of Unifor's Local 222 chapter, which represents workers at General Motors in Oshawa, held a press conference Tuesday to put pressure ...
Seen: Poll shows 75 per cent of Canadians back CPP boost
A new poll released by the Angus Reid Institute Monday suggests three-quarters of Canadians would support a more robust public pension plan. Meanwhile, Canada’s finance ministers are sitting down in Vancouver today fo ...
Heard: Man’s disclosure of mercury dump prompts call for action on Grassy Narrows
The NDP is weighing in on the story of a man who said he helped dump 50 drums of mercury and salt into a pit near Grassy Narrows First Nation. Kas Glowacki told the Toronto Star he helped dump the barrels near the Dry ...
Happening: New and temporarily toll-free section of 407 opens Monday
Come Monday, commuters in the eastern Greater Toronto Area can get a free taste of the new, provincially-owned stretch of Highway 407. The government announced Friday that the first section of the extended 407 will be ...
Heard: OPP union head says changes made to protect finances after RCMP fraud probe
The president of the Ontario Provincial Police Association says he is ready to close the "dark chapter" in the union's history after charges were laid by the RCMP this week. On Thursday, the RCMP pressed criminal char ...
Seen: Ontario premier meets with two potential Democratic running mates
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne met with U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren Wednesday — not long after the Wall Street Journal reported Warren is being vetted as a possible running mate for presumed Democratic presidential nomi ...
Seen: Funding announced for Fiat Chrysler’s plug-in hybrid minivan
As expected, Premier Kathleen Wynne announced up to nearly $86 million for Fiat Chrysler to build its plug-in hybrid minivan at the Windsor assembly plant. The Pacifica is the first plug-in hybrid minivan to be built ...
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