The old, abandoned hospital will be creepy no more. Publicly-minded groups now have privileged access to renovate unused provincial sites. ...
Category: Seen, Heard, Happening
Heard: Testing agency appoints veteran educator as CEO
Norah Marsh will step into the EQAO's top spot, long since vacated by Bruce Rodrigues - now the education deputy minister. ...
Seen: PCs pick challenger to ex-Tory Jack MacLaren in Kanata-Carleton
MacLaren, who broke with the PCs last month, has said he plans to run for the Trillium Party in Kanata-Carleton. ...
Seen: Wynne slams new softwood lumber penalties
Wynne and McGarry say the province will keep working with its chief negotiator, former federal international trade minister Jim Peterson, to provide relief for softwood lumber producers. ...
Heard: Liberals’ Vaughan candidate wades into Kirby GO station controversy
The Vaughan city councillor touted her role in securing Kirby GO station, which has been the subject of some controversy of late. ...
Happening: A public inquiry into Elizabeth Wettlaufer case
The government is "actively engaged in finalizing" an order in council that will appoint a commissioner and set out the scope of the inquiry, which will be made public once approved. ...
Seen: Ross Romano, PC MPP for Sault Ste. Marie, gets sworn in
Romano was recently named PC critic for Northern Ontario jobs and the Ring of Fire mining region, after former Tory Jack MacLaren's exit. ...
Seen: Rent hikes capped at 1.8 per cent in 2018
The new lid on a pressurized market will shield a quarter-million more tenants under expanded rent control law. ...
Heard: Premier’s ‘disappointment’ with New York’s Buy American policy on steel
It’s not the first battle Wynne has waged against protectionism — she recently travelled to Washington with a delegation of Canadian premiers to promote the benefits of free trade ahead of NAFTA renegotiations this summe ...
Heard: PCs call on Dwight Duncan to resign amid allegations of partisan attacks
Duncan apologized for the so-called partisan social media posts, an "obvious lapse in judgement," on Facebook Tuesday afternoon. ...