24 h. ago 1,000 jobs in Ontario up in the air as Honda postpones $15B EV plant

Honda Canada has announced a two-year pause on its Ontario investments that included retooling an assembly facility and building an electric vehicle (EV) plant.The company says that the current Honda plant in Alliston, Ontario, won't be affected, but the company will be evaluating the EV market over the next two years to decide what to do.Beyond the retooling and the EV plant, the automaker was also slated to make two key battery parts facilities in Ontario. This project was expected to create another 1,000 autoworker jobs in the province, bringing Honda's job offerings in Ontario to 4,200. The plant was expected to make 240,000 vehicles per year.Honda first announced the project in the spring of 2024 and was set to receive $5 billion, split between federal tax credits and support from the Ontario government. A report in the Toronto Star says that the province is still in close contact with Honda and it has reaffirmed its commitment to building in Ontario...

Economics

6 d. ago Ontario to ask for appeal of court order pausing Toronto bike lane removals

Ontario is seeking to appeal a temporary court order stopping it from ripping up three major Toronto bike lanes while a judge weighs whether the plan is unconstitutional. The government served notice of its intent to appeal last month’s injunction to lawyers for a cycling advocacy group challenging its plan to remove lanes on Bloor […]

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6 d. ago Ford government files appeal against injunction frustrating its bike lane removal

At the end of April, an Ontario judge told the government it must suspend any imminent plans to remove bike lanes from Bloor Street, Yonge Street or University Avenue.

Politics

1 week ago Man charged for pushing shopping cart into rider in Toronto bike lane: police

Toronto Police say they have arrested a man after he allegedly pushed a shopping cart into the bike lanes that struck a e-bike rider.

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3 w. ago Ontario ordered to pause Toronto bike lane removal until charter case decided

Premier Doug Ford’s government has been ordered to keep its hands off three major Toronto bike lanes until a judge can decide whether a plan to remove them is unconstitutional. The injunction handed down Tuesday was heralded as a win by the cyclist group challenging Ontario’s bid to rip up the lanes on Bloor St., […]

Culture

3 w. ago Judge orders Ford government to pause Toronto bike lane removals for now

A judge has ordered the Ford government to suspend any imminent bike lane removal plans until he has decided if their removal violates the Charter rights of cyclists in Toronto.

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3 w. ago Charter challenge against bike lane removal plan by Ontario government starts

The cyclists argue removing the lanes violates their constitutional right to life and has no connection to reducing traffic congestion

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4 w. ago Ontario’s bill to remove certain bike lanes to be tested with Charter challenge

TORONTO — An Ontario law empowering the province to remove three major Toronto bike lanes is being tested in court by a group of cyclists who argue it’s unconstitutional. The law passed last year allows the province to remove protected bike lanes on Yonge Street, Bloor Street and University Avenue, and aims to shield the […]

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