19 h. ago MEDIA ADVISORY: Health Coalition to announce response to court rulings on Bill 7 Charter Challenge and Orchard Villa case

TORONTO, March 12, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The courts have ruled on two cases impacting thousands of elderly hospital patients and long-term care residents in Ontario and the Ontario Health Coalition is holding a press conference to announce their response. The first case, known as the Bill 7 Charter Challenge, concerns the requirement that hospitals […]

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69 h. ago Many Ontario residents getting payments from the government on Monday

Keep an eye on your bank account — many Ontario residents will get Ontario Trillium Benefit (OTB) payments from the government on Monday, March 10.The OTB is typically paid out on the 10th of each month unless a weekend or statutory holiday falls on the pay date, in which case, the payment drops on the last working day before the 10th.It is the combined tax-free payment of the Ontario Energy and Property Tax Credit, the Northern Ontario Energy Credit, and the Ontario Sales Tax Credit.Ontario Trillium Benefit eligibilityYou should be eligible for at least one of the three credits to receive money.For the Ontario Energy and Property Tax Credit, you could get a maximum of $1,248 if you are between 18 and 64 years old, $1,421 if you are 65 or older, $277 if you live on a reserve or in a public long-term care home, and $25 for the time you lived in a designated college, university, or private school residence in 2023, according to the province's website.The Northern Ontario Energy ...

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7 d. ago Ontario resident loses more than $200,000 in fake utilities bill scam

A person from Ontario lost about $215,000 after being told to make cryptocurrency payments to deal with an inflated utilities bill that turned out to be fraudulent.According to the South Bruce Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), they were dispatched to a home in the Huron-Kinloss, Ontario municipality after a resident reported being the victim of fraud. According to police, the victim received a bill from a utilities company that seemed higher than usual.After speaking with what they believed was a company representative, the victim was led to believe there was a processing error. They were instructed to make cryptocurrency payments to solve the issue.The investigation has been passed to the South Bruce OPP Crime Unit, which deemed the interaction fraudulent.The OPP has been dealing with cybercrime more lately, wrapping up Project Atlas in December. The four-week project was designed to combat cryptocurrency investment fraud. In total, more than $70 million was prevented...

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8 d. ago Doug Ford tears up $100 million contract with Elon Musk's Starlink

During a press conference on March 4, Ontario Premier Doug Ford clarified that Ontario is no longer working with Elon Musk's Starlink.After threatening to pull the deal a few times, Ford has stepped up after Trump implemented tariffs on Canadian trade and called off the Starlink internet deal. This deal was worth $100 million."As part of this government-wide procurement ban, we're going one step further. We're ripping up Ontario's contract with Starlink. It's done, it's gone. We won't award contracts to people who enable and encourage economic attacks on our country," said Ford at his press conference.Ontario and Starlink signed a deal in late 2024 to connect 15,000 Ontario residents, but since Elon Musk has become so tightly tied to President Trump, it became an obvious choice to cut the deal and move instead to a Canadian business.While it's not as popular as Starlink, Xplore (previously XploreNet) also submitted a proposal and is a Canadian business, so there is a chance that it ...

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8 d. ago Trump tariffs: London leaders speak out; watch Justin Trudeau remarks

As residents across Southwestern Ontario and all of Canada woke up Tuesday to a Canada-U.S. trade war sparked by President Donald Trump’s 25% tariffs, LFP reporter Jonathan Juha spoke with several local leaders and experts about what it may mean for the local economy. “I think we’re going to see real problems in the manufacturing […]

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8 d. ago London leaders on looming toll of Trump tariffs: 'A very hard time'

As residents across Southwestern Ontario and all of Canada woke up Tuesday to a Canada-U.S. trade war sparked by President Donald Trump’s 25% tariffs, LFP reporter Jonathan Juha spoke with several local leaders and experts about what it may mean for the local economy. “I think we’re going to see real problems in the manufacturing […]

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1 week ago Ontario sees another enormous jump in people not paying housing and other bills

As if we needed more facts and figures to remind us how bad Canada's economy is at present, a new report has offered a glimpse into just how many people nationwide have been unable to cover their major bills, with mortgage delinquency in particular at an all-time high.And, residents of Ontario are the worst culprits.The data, published by Equifax Canada this week, comes from the final months of 2024, a year in which consumer debt across the country grew by 4.6 per cent, to a total of an unthinkable $2.56 trillion.Though falling lending rates over the course of the year helped to relieve the debts of some, the credit company says that "financial pressures intensified" for many others, especially those with mortgages in our two most exorbitant provinces for property: Ontario and B.C.When looking at the fourth quarter of the year versus the same time in 2023, there was a shocking 90.2 per cent increase in the number of Ontarians who hadn't made a mortgage ...

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2 w. ago Housing promises key to influencing votes in Ontario election: Poll

Nearly 70% of Ontario residents say a party’s position on solving the housing crisis will influence their vote when they cast ballots for a new provincial government on Thursday, according to a new poll. In addition to finding housing promises will influence the votes of 69% of respondents, the poll — conducted for Royal LePage […]

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3 w. ago People are flocking to a quirky new store at an Ontario mall

One Ontario mall has a new resident that's causing quite the splash, drawing scores of shoppers ever since they opened just a few months ago.If 20,000 followers on Instagram in just over four months isn't enough to solidify the cultural phenomenon that is Pacific Mall store Popcore, then perhaps the lines of avid shoppers that can be found with regularity trailing outside the shop are.What they're selling may strike immediately strike some shoppers as odd, while others will absolutely get it.Popcore, which was founded in October 2024 with one location in Markham's Pacific Mall before expanding to a larger unit in early February 2025, sells... well... they're not quite toys, but they're not not toys.    View this post on Instagram           A post shared by NightOut Toronto (@nightouttoronto)In actuality, Popcore specializes in imports from Beijing-based toy company, Pop Mart, which creates a series of "b...

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3 w. ago Ontario election 2025: Here’s how to vote on or before Feb. 27

Ontario’s snap election is set for Feb. 27. Here’s what you need to know about casting a ballot. WHO IS ELIGIBLE TO VOTE? Residents of Ontario who are Canadian citizens and 18 or older can vote. WHAT DO I NEED TO VOTE? Those who are not already registered must add or update their information at […]

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