88 m. ago OREA Congratulates Premier Doug Ford and the Progressive Conservatives on their 2025 Provincial Election Win

TORONTO, Feb. 28, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — “The Ontario Real Estate Association (OREA) would like to congratulate Premier Doug Ford and Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives (PCs) on winning their third majority government. Ontario’s REALTORS® look forward to working with the newly re-elected provincial government and all elected MPPs to bring housing affordability back for Ontario’s young […]

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5 h. ago Doug Ford remains top dog in Ontario, but PCs drop seats in Toronto

While across a large portion of Ontario, Doug Ford cruised to a third consecutive majority government, he once again fell flat in the downtown core of Toronto on Thursday night.

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6 h. ago Deachman: My demands on Ottawa's behalf for the new Ontario government

What should Ottawa residents hope to see following Thursday's provincial election? How about transit help, doctors and a boost to housing?

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15 h. ago Ontario election 2025: Doug Ford aims for third majority government

The NDP under Marit Stiles and Liberals led by Bonnie Crombie fought to put a halt to Doug Ford’s continuing success in Ontario politics

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51 h. ago A boring Ontario election night? Maybe not in London's 3 urban ridings

There may be little doubt who will form Ontario's next government, but there could be plenty of tension in London's three urban ridings.

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3 d. ago Nova Scotia bill represents unacceptable political interference in universities: CAUT

OTTAWA, Ontario, Feb. 25, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Nova Scotia government has proposed sweeping new powers that would violate university autonomy, according to the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT). Last week, the provincial government introduced Bill 12, An Act Respecting Advanced Education and Research. The bill would allow the Minister of Advanced Education […]

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4 d. ago Ontario Liberals ask Auditor General to review government ads during election campaign

Ontario's Liberal party has written to the Auditor General asking for a determination on whether government ads have essentially become election campaign ads for Doug Ford.

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5 d. ago Ontario pauses 15 government advertising campaigns deemed to be partisan

When Doug Ford called a snap election, Ontario's top civil servant paused 15 government ad campaigns that had previously been flagged by the auditor general as partisan.

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7 d. ago Doug Ford, ‘an old fashioned charismatic politician,’ is close to his third majority government

A third majority 'would make Doug Ford one of the most successful politicians in Canadian history, period'

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7 d. ago Ontario's cancellation of Starlink contract could impact millions of Canadians

Ongoing geopolitical tensions between Canada and the U.S. put Starlink in the crosshairs, potentially impacting 2 million Canadians.Ontario Premier Doug Ford threatened to cancel the government’s $100 million Starlink deal with the satellite internet service operated by Elon Musk’s SpaceX, but paused retaliatory measures against the U.S. amid the Canadian and U.S. government’s agreement to pause tariffs against one another for 30 days. With that, Ookla, known for its global broadband speed tests, researched what would happen if Starlink were cancelled in Ontario and other parts of Canada.According to Ookla's Speedtest Intelligence data of Starlink users in Canada, roughly two million Canadians would feel the effect of Starlink's disappearance. Ookla extrapolated the number based on the share of Speedtests Canadians performed using Starlink.This would highly affect people in Nunavut, where 44 percent of Speedtests were performed using S...

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7 d. ago Crombie says Ontario Liberals would provide OHIP coverage for mental health care

Ontario Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie says a Liberal government would cover mental health care under the Ontario Health Insurance Plan. She made the announcement in a speech today to the Canadian Club, telling the Bay Street audience that productivity is directly related to mental health in their companies’ workforces. Crombie has made health care a […]

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7 d. ago Doug Ford says Ontario PCs would help tear down Canada’s internal trade barriers

Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford says his party will work to tear down interprovincial trade barriers amid ongoing U.S. tariff threats, as he prepares for his second trip to Washington, D.C., during the Ontario election campaign. Ford says a PC government would remove all of Ontario’s remaining party-specific exemptions under the Canada Free Trade Agreement, […]

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9 d. ago Clean energy transition must be key for next Ontario government: report

Reducing interprovincial barriers could open up new markets for Ontario's electricity that are insulated from ongoing trade uncertainty with the United States, the report said.

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9 d. ago Doug Ford positions PCs as the natural governing party | Ontario Election Quick Takes

Watch: National Post's Chris Selley and National Post contributor Anthony Furey discuss the latest in the 2025 Ontario election

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