35 h. ago Ontario’s Doug Ford urges more federal assistance to fight wildfires across Canada

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is urging the federal government to put more national resources toward fighting wildfires, as nearly every province battles them. Premiers raised the issue with Prime Minister Mark Carney last month when he met with them in Huntsville, Ont., he said. “We need resources, national resources across the country, because it happens...

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37 h. ago Ford urges more federal assistance to fight wildfires across Canada

PICKERING — Ontario Premier Doug Ford is urging the federal government to put more national resources toward fighting wildfires, as nearly every province battles them. He says the premiers raised the issue with Prime Minister Mark Carney last month when he met with them in Huntsville, Ont. Ford says provinces frequently share firefighting resources to […]

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4 d. ago Ford government fails to hit housing target, even after adding LTC beds, student dorms

New data released by the province shows that, even with 20,000 non-traditional housing starts added, 2024 was another year Ontario missed its home construction targets.

Politics

7 d. ago Ford government directed staff to ‘brainstorm’ how to subsidize truck tolls on Hwy. 407

Internal documents show civil servants were told to 'brainstorm and explore' policies to reduce congestion on Highway 401, including 'diverting' truck traffic to the 407.

Politics

8 d. ago Toronto community services face ‘absolute fallout’ of consumption site closures

Doug Ford's government banned consumption sites within 200 metres of a school or daycare in legislation that came into effect on April 1, targeting 10 sites across the province. 

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9 d. ago Ontario adds thousands of new nursing places at colleges, universities

Ontario unveiled $56.8 million to add new nursing education spots in the province, at least partly to accommodate its ongoing expansion of long-term care homes.

Society

9 d. ago Ford accuses judge in Toronto bike lanes case of ‘trampling on democratic rights’

At an event on Wednesday, Doug Ford was asked about an Ontario court decision which found his government's plan to remove bike lanes in Toronto was a 'breach' of the Charter.

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9 d. ago European Gas Prices Slip Ahead of Trump’s Russia Truce Deadline

European natural gas edged lower amid muted expectations on how hard US President Donald Trump will be willing hit Russia’s energy trade if it fails to agree to a ceasefire by Friday.

Economics

1 week ago Ford government started studying Hwy. 401 tunnel after private

A slew of internal documents from the Ministry of Transportation reveals how three private-sector bids helped spark Doug Ford's plan to tunnel an expressway under Highway 401.

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4 w. ago ‘Denied and obfuscated’: Ford government forced to release Eglinton LRT, Ontario Line emails

For two years, government lawyers argued the release of two emails about the Eglinton Crosstown LRT and the Ontario Line could harm the economy.

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