46 h. ago Mayors call on Ford to cover municipalities’ speed camera cancellation costs

Ford has announced that his government will introduce legislation this month to prohibit the use of speed cameras across the province.

Politics

65 h. ago Ontario asks if ’moon shot’ projects should go ahead under special economic zones

Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s government is moving ahead with its plan to create so-called special economic zones to push forward projects it deems important, and is considering including “moon shot” ideas to qualify. The power to designate parts of the province as special economic zones was created in the controversial Bill 5, a law the […]

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67 h. ago Randall Denley: Doug Ford has to move fast on appointed school boards or back off

One might reasonably wonder whether the premier, who is often influenced by opinion polls, isn’t so sure that getting rid of the trustees is a good idea

Society

69 h. ago Ontario asks if ‘moon shot’ projects should go ahead under special economic zone law

TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s government is moving ahead with its plan to create so-called special economic zones to push forward projects it deems important, and is considering including “moon shot” ideas to qualify. The power to designate parts of the province as special economic zones was created in the controversial Bill 5, a […]

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3 d. ago ‘He drives me crazy’: Doug Ford says he is going to ‘ignore Trump’ after 51st state threat revived

The Ontario premier's comments came after his meeting with Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in Toronto

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5 d. ago Doug Ford muses using decommissioned speed cameras to catch crooks

'I'm wondering if we can use those cameras to identify stolen cars as well'

Society

5 d. ago Doug Ford muses about using decommissioned speed cameras to catch crooks

'I'm wondering if we can use those cameras to identify stolen cars as well'

Society

5 d. ago Finance minister claims Ontario has ‘operating balance’ as debt balloons

Since taking office in 2018, Doug Ford has increased Ontario's debt to $470 billion — a number that's projected to rise to $501.7 billion by 2027.

Economics

5 d. ago BUTLER: Ford’s speed camera ban puts building before blaming

The premier's infrastructure-first approach could vindicate progressive theories about road safety

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5 d. ago Doug Ford muses about repurposing speed cameras for surveillance

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is musing about repurposing the speed cameras he intends to soon ban and using them to track down stolen cars and home invasion suspects. Ford has announced his government will introduce legislation next month to prohibit the use of speed cameras across the province. Various regions that use the cameras, as […]

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7 d. ago 'Worst decision': Londoners unhappy with plan to ban speed cameras

Coun. Skylar Franke called Premier Doug Ford's proposal “bad policy.”  

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8 d. ago Back off our speed cameras, Premier Ford | Letters To The Editor

Monday: Sept. 29: Citizen readers aren't slowing down in their feedback on the speed camera fiasco. Plus, gratitude for Mollypenny

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9 d. ago HOLYDAY: Make tweaks to speed cameras before axing them altogether

City council should scale back the program immediately, and do some cost accounting to right size it.

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9 d. ago Speed cameras in London: A 'tax grab' or road safety success?

London's deputy mayor calls Premier Doug Ford's decision to ban speed cameras 'short-sighted'

Economics

9 d. ago Toronto mayor resisting speed camera ban, plans to tell residents to complain to province

Chow said she plans to bring a motion to city council designed to lobby MPPs and public opinion against an impending speed camera ban.

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9 d. ago Two GTA mayors disagree with Ford’s decision to ban automated speed cameras

Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow says Ontario Premier Doug Ford has made “the wrong decision” when it comes to his proposed legislative ban on automated speed cameras when MPPs return to work in October. “Speed cameras work,” Chow told reporters Thursday following the Premier’s announcement. “They help save lives. And we know speeding kills. Today, the […]

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9 d. ago ‘It’s just terrible over there,’ Premier Doug Ford says of Marineland

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the situation at Marineland is "terrible" for the 30 belugas that remain there, the last captive whales in Canada.

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9 d. ago Doug Ford vs. speed cameras: Why Ontario’s premier is cracking down

'This is all about a cash grab off taxpayers,' Ford said while announcing legislation to eliminate automated speed enforcement province-wide

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9 d. ago Ford announces plans to ban speed cameras in Ontario: ‘Enough is enough’

Ford said the government will be launching a new fund for municipalities to install road safety measures

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9 d. ago Ottawa councillor says city should 'refine' but not remove speed cameras

Premier Doug Ford will introduce legislation next month that will ban municipal automated speed enforcement cameras across Ontario.

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